Spanish class is not usually where you learn about the problems faced by your local community. I was fortunate to have a teacher who spoke of real issues such as poverty. Her lesson caused me to do my own research at home, where I learned about Buffalo’s shocking childhood poverty rate. More than 47 percent of children in Buffalo are living in poverty. That is a concerning statistic when the future of our city is the future of the children living in it. With almost half of ou

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