Pittsburgh organization donates Apple computers to Latino high-schoolers in Valley

YOUNGSTOWN

Andrea Montaz’s ambitions are to graduate from East High School next year, attend Youngstown State University and study to be a general surgeon.

But first things first: All three will require a fair share of studying as well as conducting and applying research.

Those prerequisites for reaching her long-term goals should be made easier, though, thanks to a new computer.

“I’m very excited because it’s helping the community give away stuff [some] people can’t afford,” the East High junior said, referring to a computer giveaway Thursday at the Center for Community Empowerment, 1420 Dogwood Lane, on the East Side.

Montaz was among the Latino high-school students who took home 21 Apple iMac computers, which promise to be more-sophisticated tools for them to do schoolwork, study for the Ohio Graduation Test and perform many other academic functions.

Contributing to the effort was the Pittsburgh-based Computer Reach program, a volunteer humanitarian organization that refurbishes donated computer hardware and software.

Read more about the program in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.