Maggie Villarroel grew up celebrating love and friendship on Valentine’s Day. In her native Venezuela, Villarroel also was exposed to Latin music on a daily basis. As a child, Villarroel recalls attending a friend’s birthday parties where that music fueled dance competitions and the winners received the biggest piece of…

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Maggie Villarroel grew up celebrating love and friendship on Valentine’s Day. In her native Venezuela, Villarroel also was exposed to Latin music on a daily basis. As a child, Villarroel recalls attending a friend’s birthday parties where that music fueled dance competitions and the winners received the biggest piece of…

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COLUMBUS, Miss.– The struggles weren’t real to Jazmin Roman. Jazmin Roman As one of the top students in her class at Forest High School, Roman didn’t grasp how much some of her English Learner (EL) classmates struggled to complete their work. It wasn’t until Roman participated in the Spanish Service-Learning…

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