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Hispanic Students Talk About Stereotypes, Cultural Pride

Bill Zeeble
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Eugenio Trevino's one of several hundred Latino high school students in Dallas for the past few days attending the National Hispanic Institutes annual gathering.

Hundreds of super-bright Latino teens spent four days in Dallas for leadership training. It was part of the National Hispanic Institute’s annual meeting. As part of ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s American Graduate Initiative, Bill Zeeble talked with a pair of the students from McAllen about stereotypes of South Texas and cultural pride.

Eugenio Trevino and Bianca Mujica attend the BETA public high school in McAllen, a magnet campus focused on business, education, and technology. Eugenio is the first student we hear:

We also heard from Bianca Mujica with her classmate, Eugenio Trevino.

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Bianca Mujica goes to high school in McAllen, where she's a senior. The plans on taking journalism courses in college, at UNT.

He plans to study history and political science at Baylor and possibly run for office someday. She wants to be a reporter and eventually write novels.  They were among the hundreds of Latino students in Dallas over the weekend.

Bill Zeeble has been a full-time reporter at ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº since 1992, covering everything from medicine to the Mavericks and education to environmental issues.