Latino Astronaut Frank Caldeiro Participates in USF's ENLACE Program
For the past two years, the ENLACE program at USF has partnered with the Museum of Science and Industry’s National Hispanic Scientist of the Year Award program. This year, ENLACE middle school students spent a day at MOSI and met award recipient NASA astronaut Frank Caldeiro, who brought a strong message of staying in school and going to college in order to have a better life.
USF Latino Scholarship Recipients, Karla Polanco (also recently selected as a McNair Scholar) and Dexia Borrero, met Caldeiro when he visited USF Latino students and offered encouragement in attaining post-graduate degrees.
ENLACE (Engaging Latino Communities in Education) is a five-year community-focused initiative, sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, aimed at increasing the number of Latinos obtaining college degrees.
CFS staff members Mario Hernandez and Angela Gomez serve as evaluation co-directors of the USF ENLACE project. The evaluation involves observation, tracking of community participation, focus groups, interviews, and student tracking, which will help to identify obstacles, solutions and changes to the implementation of the original ENLACE strategies.
For additional information on the ENLACE project, contact Donna Parrino at 813-974-5415, or visit the ENLACE web site at: http://www.acad.usf.edu/enlace/default.asp
The Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS) is a department of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida. The faculty and staff of CFS are committed to enhancing the development, mental health and well-being of children and families through leadership in integrating research, theory & practice.