By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica College has announced that it will sponsor the 15th annual Latina Youth Conference on March 13. The day-long event, designed to help young women build strong foundations for future achievements, will be held on the SMC campus.
The conference is open to girls in grades 8 through 12 and their mothers. Slated for the day will be workshops, the Career and College Expo, peer panel discussions, speakers, food and entertainment. The keynote speaker will be Maria Elena Durazo, president of HERE — the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union.
At the expo, attendees will have the opportunity to speak to representatives from several colleges and universities — including UCLA, USC, SMC and more — as well as to Latinas in a wide variety of professions.
The Latina Youth Conference, which is free, attracts as many as 600 attendees each year. The conference will start at 9 a.m. in the SMC Concert Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd.
Co-sponsors of the event are America’s Cup Espresso Bar, Back on Broadway, Hint Mint, the mayor’s office for the city of Los Angeles, Microvista, the Pico Youth and Family Center, the Rotary Club, Sanford Corp., the city of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, St. Anne’s and St. Monica’s churches in Santa Monica, Student Loan Express and United Commercial Bank.
For pre-registration and information, call (310) 434-4179.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 6, 2004. Read the original PDF.