Opinion: Latino Report Card offers road map to greater success

By Ron Gonzales and Manuel Pastor
Special to the Mercury News
Posted: 03/20/2011 08:00:00 PM PDT

Silicon Valley has long been the center of global innovation, developing cutting edge industries unimaginable a generation ago. By embracing progress, we've fostered a revolution in the way the world works. Now, Silicon Valley faces another form of change, a demographic shift that will define this region for years to come.
Recent census data reflects a nationwide trend: our region's Latino population is the fastest growing population in Silicon Valley. Today, one in four of us is Latino, and in just 30 years, it is estimated that Latinos will be the region's largest population group. This growth isn't fueled primarily by immigration but by a homegrown second generation growing up, learning and working in the valley.

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