UMSL's Deborah Cohen, left, spoke at the 20th annual Cambio de Colores

{span}UMSL’s Deborah Cohen, left, speaks at the 20th annual Cambio de Colores conference June 22 in St. Louis. Before taking the podium, Cohen spoke with Cambio Center Interim Co-Director Corinne Valdivia. The Cambio Center leads research on and outreach to mid-Missouri’s Latino communities.{/span}

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Correction

This article has been clarified to distinguish between Latinx Studies minor and Latin American Studies. Latinx Studies focuses on Latinx populations in the U.S. while Latin American Studies focuses on Latin America.

None of the students at any of the University of Missouri campuses can major in Latino studies. And neither can any students from some of the other more populous public universities in the state.

One woman is trying to change that.

Missouri's higher education institutions struggle to attract Latino students

Missouri's higher education institutions struggle to attract Latino students