Luis Solis is an Eau Claire resident and a first-generation college student who immigrated from Mexico with his family 18 years ago.
He is studying at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and, in the past year, has changed his major from finance to social work. The change came, he said, because a social work degree would prepare him to help those in need, especially immigrants like himself and others in the growing local Hispanic/Latinx community.
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Ethnic terminology: ‘Hispanic’ and ‘Latinx’ and how they differ
Asking which term people of Hispanic or Latinx descent prefer is just as important as asking a person’s pronoun preference, according to Eau Claire City Councilwoman Catherine Emmanuelle,
It’s also important to be aware that “Latinx,” a gender-neutral term, can be used in place of “Latino” or “Latina.”