Hispanics in FIRST and Engineering

[GabrielaH]

I may not know 100% for sure, but I'm thinking some of the reasons as to why Hispanics are not joining FIRST and becoming engineering majors is often the language barrier, general lack of access to exposure and activities surrounding engineering, and lack of Hispanic engineer role models. Again, this is a generalization, and I'd like to know other people's thoughts on why there are not many Hispanics in FIRST or majoring in engineering.


So some solutions I've been thinking which those who replied have mentioned are below:

1. Showing the robot at predominantly Hispanic high schools (or middle schools)

2. Contacting Hispanic Organizations (such as SHPE) and helping at their events and conferences, and getting help and support from them, or partner to create an event

3. Contacting a nearby university Hispanic organization and help them at their events and conferences, get help and support from them, or partner to create an event

3. Showing the robot at Hispanics in engineering/STEM/etc... conferences

4. Spanish Media (newspapers and Univision)

5. Show the robot at Spanish-English bilingual preschools and coordinate activities with the students and their families

6. Summer camps

Thoughts? More ideas? Advice for how my team can accomplish these tasks? Great ideas so far, they are greatly appreciated. Couldn't find anything concerning this on any previous posts on CD.