Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza will visit Aurora University today and participate in a roundtable discussion with President Susana Rivera-Mills on college affordability, student debt, and career readiness. Nearly half of students at Aurora University identify as Hispanic or Latino, and many say they are the first in their family to go to college. The goal is to minimize the debt they will have to carry once they graduate, and the school aims to be one of the lowest-cost private universities in the state.
President Rivera-Mills is the first Latina to lead Aurora University, and Comptroller Mendoza is the highest-ranking Hispanic in state government.