Adamaris Gonzalez

The Creation Of LIA

Jose Enrique

Founder Of Latinos In Action

What Is LIA?
Latinos In Action also known as LIA is a program that
Latinos In Action also known as LIA is a program that
is designed to empower minority students through
is designed to empower minority students through
culture, service, and education. It is meant to reduce
culture, service, and education. It is meant to reduce
the number of dropouts there are in Latino youth and
the number of dropouts there are in Latino youth and
provide a college ready route for these hispanic youth.
provide a college ready route for these hispanic youth.
Latinos In action gives youth a wide range of
Latinos In action gives youth a wide range of
opportunity. It provides a wide range of opportunities
opportunity. It provides a wide range of opportunities
for youth to serve as mentors at a local elementary
for youth to serve as mentors at a local elementary
school and help them in the process of learning. We are
school and help them in the process of learning. We are
provided with an avenue to develop leadership,
provided with an avenue to develop leadership,
citizenship and professional skills. We are also given
citizenship and professional skills. We are also given
the opportunity to take leadership in our own hands by
the opportunity to take leadership in our own hands by
creating service opportunities within our communities.
creating service opportunities within our communities.
 2001

Dr. Enriquez began the first class of Latinos In Action at

Timpview High School in Provo, Utah.

New York becomes apart of LIA

2003

LIA became an official non-profit and grew to 37

schools.
2010

Timeline In 2015, LIA was awarded the White House Bright Spot
for Hispanic Education by the White House Initiative on
Excellence in Hispanic Education.
2015

Nevada and New York will both add LIA classes in

2018.

LIA hosted its first Annual Youth Leadership Conference

at with 1000 students at Mountain View High School.
2019

LIA Started In Six Schools In Florida, In Broward

County Schools.
2019
School’s In Utah Murray
Alta High School

Murray High School Brighton High School

Hillcrest Junior High

School Corner Canyon High School

Park City
Hillcrest High School
Ecker Hill Middle School

Park City High School Jordan High School

Treasure Mountain Jr High

Midvale Middle School
School
School Participation
Latinos In Action (LIA) offers an asset-based approach to
bridging the graduation and opportunity gap for Latino
students, working from within the educational system to
create positive change. Our program operates as a year-long
elective course taught by a highly-qualified teacher at the
middle school, junior high, and high school level. The end
goal of everything we do is to empower Latino youth to
lead and strengthen their communities through college and
career readiness. We accomplish this by focusing on four
pillars: leveraging personal and cultural assets, excelling in
education, serving the community, and developing
leadership skills.
College
Preparedness

In order to be able to get into LIA, there

are a list of requirements you must need
in order to be able to participate.
Outside Of Class

All LIA students participate in

weekly literacy tutoring to
young students.
Leadership Conference

LIA host a yearly leadership conference

that is a couple hours long. During this
conference there is a lot that goes on.
From dances from different cultures and
places to special keynote speaker brought
in to encourage these youth to continue
their education. There is also a couple
workshops your school is able to attend in
which help you with different focuses in
your life.
Symbolic interactionism &
LIA
LIA ties into sociology as a whole and incorporates
symbolic interactionism by using symbols to help
students identify the club and what it is. The logo
for LIA itself is a pattern of youth growing up until
they have reached graduation. This is a way it
represents this.
References
https://latinosinaction.org

https://lialeadershipconference.org

https://sites.google.com/site/latinosinactionbe/Home/what-is-latinos-in-action

https://www.aecf.org/blog/latinos-in-action-building-college-and-career-skills-through-
leadership/