Latino community expo aims answers

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Saturday’s 3rd annual Latino community expo combined a job fair with a chance to go back to school and live a healthier life.

The event attracted at least one thousand people to the Springfield YMCA for the multi-faceted expo that tapped into many Latino concerns.

There were people looking for work. Others wanted to go back to school. One woman told 22News, she's impressed with everything that's available.

“I came last year and I saw there are benefits to the Latino community and found out what's going on in our community, we need to know what the services are in our community,” said Feliciea Lopez of Holyoke.

Virna Quinones of Springfield said she was pinning her hopes on the expo to help cope with a family concern, “we need to stick together and support each other. In terms of any needs, like in my case Autism.”

By providing as many answers as there were concerns, this Latino community expo covered a wide range of human issues.

Now in its third year, the event has proven itself indispensable to the lifeblood of the Western Massachusetts Latino population.