STORY · DE LA RAÍZRosario “Chayo” Cervantez – Xicana Youth Activist
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Rosario “Chayo” Cervantez is from White City, Oregon, where she has been an active community advocate. Through her work with LIFEArt, she has organized educational panels and founded the first countywide Latinx Student Group, bringing together students from high schools across Jackson County.
Chayo currently serves as an ESL teacher assistant at White Mountain Middle School while pursuing her studies at Southern Oregon University.
“I am a lot more powerful than I thought.”
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