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# Santa Monica College to host 17th annual Latina Youth Conference March 25
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/the-venice-library-is-located-at-501-south-venice-blvd-you-go-girlfriend-latina-youth-conference-on-tap/
- Published: 2006-03-21T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:43:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Venice, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Santa Monica College is pleased to announce that it will sponsor the 17th annual Latina Youth Conference on Saturday, March 25\. The conference is currently accepting registrations.

The daylong event — designed to help young women build strong foundations for future achievements — will be held at SMC and at John Adams Middle School Auditorium, located across the street from the college at 16th and Pearl streets.

The conference is open to young women in grades 6 through 12, as well as their parents. Slated for the day will be workshops, Career & College Expo, peer panel discussions, keynote speakers, food and entertainment.

At the expo, attendees will have the opportunity to speak to representatives from several colleges and universities — including UCLA, Loyola Marymount University, 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 atten-dees each year.

The keynote speaker is former Los Angeles Unified School District Trustee Victoria Castro, who has had a long and distinguished career in education. When first elected in 1993, she was the only Latina on the school board of what is the second largest school district in the nation. She is also professor emeritus of Chicano Studies at California State University at Los Angeles.

The event co-sponsors, some of whom have also made in-kind donations, of the event are America’s Cup Espresso Bar, crdzines (a Santa Monica interior design firm), Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski, Pico Youth and Family Center, St. Anne’s and St. Monica’s churches in Santa Monica, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, and Pacific Properties.

For pre-registration and information, call (310) 434-8520 or visit www.smc.edu/latinayouthconference or

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 21, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)