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By Chienyi Cheri Hung — June 01, 2012 1 min read
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The nation’s Hispanic students are an incredibly diverse population, representing a mix of socioeconomic, language and cultural backgrounds. To highlight that diversity, Diplomas Count 2012 profiled individual students from the six largest Hispanic heritage groups represented in U.S. schools. Each of the profiles, featured below, is paired with a statistical portrait for that population group.

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Chienyi Cheri Hung
Chienyi Cheri Hung was the Online Creative Director for edweek.org and teachermagazine.org.
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