Richland Library expands help for Latino families [Video]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, Richland Library Northeast will offer many events and resources for the community to take advantage of, but they say the importance of these resources goes beyond this month.

“It’s part of your heritage, and it’s very important for children to have representation. To come to a public library and say, oh, she’s because Spanish, like my mom and my dad,” Mayte Velasco Nicolas said.

Velasco Nicolas is the Hispanic and Latino services coordinator at Richland Library Northeast. She said the library continuously works to provide resources for Spanish-speaking families in the area.

“If you are a newcomer, you are very unfamiliar with how the school system works, how everything is digital,” Velasco Nicolas said. “You cannot call, sometimes, to ask for information, and the library helps by offering free computers, free internet.”

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