Careers in Sports (Latinos at Work)

Price 30.89 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781584150862


Latinos at Work: Career Role Models for Young Adults is a valuable vocational reference series and a must for all schools and libraries serving Hispanic youth. Each book begins with a description of many careers along with the education, talent, and experience necessary, salary ranges, and outlooks from a Latino perspective. Careers in Sports details careers in sports both on and off the field. Such careers as baseball player, umpire, boxer, coach, manager, jockey, athletic trainer, manufacturer"s rep, PR director, sports attorney, and sportswriter are detailed. Part 2 presents profiles of success: interviews with successful Hispanics in many different careers with advice for young people who might want to pursue that career. Part 2 provides personal stories of such successful Latinos as Colorado Rockies owner, Linda Alvarado, softball player, Lisa Fernandez, football coach, Tom Flores, baseball player, Alex Gonzalez, and water polo player, Brenda Villa. "Inspired" is an understatement of what you"ll feel when reading these very personal portraits. Part 3 is a complete resource section filled with further reading of books, magazines, names and addresses of organizations to contact, and web addresses. Each highly usable volume contains a master index to all the careers listed in all volumes along with a master index to the people profiled in all volumes.