In 2005, immigrants from Latin America made up two-thirds of immigrants age 18 to 24, and their educational attainment was very low compared with both native-born citizens and other immigrants. Only 59% of these immigrants were high school graduates, and only 20% had attended at least some college.
Profile
Ivelisse Estrada is Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Relations for Univision Communications Inc., where she is responsible for the overall development and coordination of community relations strategies for the Company. She coordinates philanthropic contributions and serves as a liaison between the Univision Companies and community organizations. She also plans, directs, and supervises the company's national initiatives such as citizenship and voter registration efforts, and health and education projects.
Estrada was previously Director of Corporate and Community Relations for Univision Television Group. Prior to that, she served as Director of Communications at KMEX-TV, Channel 34, the flagship station of the Univision Television Group, Inc. in Los Angeles. She represents Univision on several nonprofit boards, among them the Women's Leadership Board at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the Boards of Directors of the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives, The Henry Mancini Institute, the National Latino Children's Institute and the Mexican American Solidarity Foundation.
Estrada holds an undergraduate degree in liberal arts from Barnard College in New York City and Master's degrees from Princeton University and Harvard University.
Events

Ex-Citings
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May 17, 2012Diverse Issues in Higher Education
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May 10, 2012VOXXI
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May 5, 2012Las Vegas Sun

Fast Facts
Opening the Door to the American Dream: Increasing Higher Education Access and Success for Immigrants, Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2007


