On October 3, 2014 the OjoOido Team was privileged to spend an inspiring day of discussions regarding the state of Latina women in the STEM field at Google in Silicon Valley. On October 3, 2014 the OjoOido Team was privileged to spend an inspiring day of discussions regarding the state…
Read More OjoOido Attends Latinas Think Big Innovation Summit: Unveiling the New Face of Innovation
Joseph N. Velasquez, Founder & CEO of OjoOido.com shall be a roundtable presenter at the 34th International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 in Berkeley, California. Joseph will be working as a team of roundtable presenters and conference participants pursuing deep understandings and new…
According to research conducted by ACT and Excelenica in Education, “83 percent of Hispanic students aspire to earn a postsecondary degree, just under a fourth are academically prepared to reach that goal…” What’s the Root Problem Underlying Unpreparedness: Lack of Pedagogy According to research conducted by ACT and Excelenica in…
Read More In the Headlines: Report Reveals Hispanic Students Unprepared for College
Hispanics are slated to form the largest minority group in the country. Yet, the number of Latino students attending and completing college is simply not proportional to the overall Hispanic population growth. Why not? Countless articles have reported that the Latino/Hispanic population is undergoing significant growth. Hispanics are slated to form…
In this post, I discuss the reasons why a positive role model is not only a good thing, but a “critical thing” for Latino/Hispanic students. If you are like me, at first glance, it seems obvious that a positive role model is a good thing. However, instead of giving a…
Read More OjoOido Intergenerational Latino Role Models: The Olivares Family
As all competent and seasoned educators know, both the affective and cognitive domains must be attended to. Whatever action taken is determined by the way a person is thinking. “EDUCATION, THEN, IS LEARNING TO THINK FOR ONESELF UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A TEACHER“–Bertrand Russell I was thrilled to read in…
Read More The Importance of Getting Inside the Mind of Faculty
OjoOido.com is thrilled to introduce its ongoing blog series titled Intergenerational Latino Role Models. OjoOido.com is thrilled to introduce its ongoing blog series titled Intergenerational Latino Role Models. The OjoOido team will select and feature such role models on the blog on a regular basis. The criteria used to select…
Read More OjoOido Intergenerational Latino Role Model Series
OjoOido.com leverages Latino youth’s mobile viewing habits to reach and teach, on a sustainable, replicable and scalable basis, the importance of developing fundamental core study skills and habits as a means to successfully achieve their educational and career goals.
As an immigrant from Mexico, I know the importance of competent academic coaching, healthy mentorship and sustained role-model guidance. As an immigrant from Mexico, I know the importance of competent academic coaching, healthy mentorship and sustained role-model guidance. I am bilingual, bi-cultural, and I attended a public high school (Pierce…
