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Raquel Figueroa

Posted Oct 16, 2018

Yolanda Vazquez speaks with Raquel Figueroa, the Managing Director of Program Implementation for PeerForward, about the variety of services they offer to students to help with college preparation and the upcoming career advisement event they will be a part of.

Hosted by: Yolanda Vazquez Produced by: Beltway Newsmakers Team

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