Careers in Law & Politics
Book Description
Latinos at Work: Career Role Models for Young Adults is a valuable vocational reference series and a must for all schools and libraries serving Hispanic youth. Each book begins with a description of many careers along with the education, talent, and experience necessary, salary ranges, and outlooks from a Latino perspective. Careers in Law and Politics details legal and political careers. Such car...
MoreLatinos at Work: Career Role Models for Young Adults is a valuable vocational reference series and a must for all schools and libraries serving Hispanic youth. Each book begins with a description of many careers along with the education, talent, and experience necessary, salary ranges, and outlooks from a Latino perspective. Careers in Law and Politics details legal and political careers. Such careers as ambassador, bailiff, court reporter, governor, judge, legal secretary, paralegal, police officer, parole officer, and victims advocate are detailed. Part 2 presents profiles of success: interviews with successful Hispanics in many different careers with advice for young people who might want to pursue that career. Part 2 provides personal stories of such successful Latinos as Miami, Florida, Mayor Alex Penelas; police officer, Joe Alvarez; Texas Secretary of State, Henry Cuellar; Albuquerque, New Mexico Mayor Jim Baca; and Colorado judge Gilbert Martinez. "Inspired" is an understatement of what you'll feel when reading these very personal portraits. Part 3 is a complete resource section filled with further reading of books, magazines, names and addresses of organizations to contact, and web addresses. Each highly usable volume contains a master index to all the careers listed in all volumes along with a master index to the people profiled in all volumes.
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