Mixteco students
by Ted B. Kissell
Because of the dire poverty of Oaxaca in general and the Mixteco region in particular, Mixtecos have for decades been migrating north in search of work, first to richer agricultural areas of northern Mexico and more recently to the United States. The county's schools are just beginning to react to the needs of this linguistically and culturally distinct group of Mexican immigrants.
Ventura County Star, 11/19/2006