Eastern Washington University President meets with Latino Club members

Eastern Washington University President meets with Latino Club members
Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo, President of Eastern Washington University was a speaker at the Thursday, October 28 meeting of the Walla High School Latino Club meeting. At the meeting, Dr. Arévalo who grew up in a migrant farm worker family, described how his pursuit of education allowed him to make significant and better decisions in his life.

Born in Edinburg, Texas, Dr. Arévalo is the son of migrant workers who worked in Walla Walla and the Yakima Valley. In fact, his family lived at the Walla Walla Labor Camp for short periods of time. His eldest sister is a graduate of Walla Walla High School. He is a first-generation college graduate
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As he addressed the 70-80 Latino Club students, he encouraged the students to seek an education beyond high school and to look at Eastern Washington State University as a great option for gaining that education. In EWUs case, the number of Latino students at the University has doubled since 2006, which is the year Dr. Arévalo started at the University.