By Daniel Perez, El Paso Matters Veronica Flores’ son expects to graduate from Coronado High School in June. He has completed his portion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, but she needed help to complete hers. She got it at a recent FAFSA Informational Session. Flores, a divorced, single mom who lives and works in Ciudad Juárez, got the necessary one-on-one assistance to address questions about the application. As a result, she completed the “contributor” component and submitted it within 20 minutes. Contributors are the students, their spouses or parents (biological, adoptive or stepparents) who provide their tax information on the application.

If accepted, her son becomes eligible for college grants, work-study funds and federal student loans. According to the C

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