Eric Velaquez: The importance of education in Santurce, Puerto Rico

Award-winning author and illustrator Eric Velasquez talks about the importance of education in his family and visiting the high school in Santurce, Puerto Rico -- home of his grandmother, Pura Belpré, and Arturo Schomburg.
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