4Inclusion: Executive Nonprofit Leadership and Education
ANNA MARÍA CHÁVEZ GREW UP in rural southern Arizona with her father, a migrant farmworker, and her mother, who ran a large farm nearby. They were both leaders in her community—volunteering, offering guidance, and showing her what public service looked like day in and day out. They valued education and knew that a good one would open opportunities for her. Anna María's grandmother, who had not received a formal education, reinforced this message and taught her never to take this privilege for granted. So even though she attended an underfunded school, typical of a small farm town in Arizona, and was a first‐generation college student, she had a support system that encouraged her to get everything and more out of it and a home life that taught her the things her classes could not: what it meant to help your neighbors, lead by example, and fight for your community.
The term digital divide was coined 25 years ago, so it is not a new problem. Rather, it has been an issue in the Latino community for a long time. The COVID‐19 pandemic and the shift to online learning highlighted the disparities in technology and internet access for our Latino, Black, and indigenous students and intensify the impact. The digital divide plagues students and families ...
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