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Published on: 02-17-2021
When Lili Pimentel, a third-year student at Montemorelos University in Mexico, had to stay home in her city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in Chiapas, and do distance learning early last year, she and her family noticed a great need in her community.
“While businesses, organizations, and schools adapted without a problem to the virtual new normal, many families [being] affected by the financial strain of the pandemic, and the lack of resources and internet at home, caused a lot of school dropouts,” Pimentel said. Pimentel, a third-year student in the communication and media program at Montemorelos, said she and her parents weren’t surprised that many families did not have internet access nor the proper devices for online schooling for their children.