Our celebration uses the term “Latine” in the title as a way to include and acknowledge the participation of students who identify as Latina, Latino, or Latinx. You may be wondering, why there is an "e" at the end of Latine? Since Spanish is a gendered language, if we just called it “Latino Graduation”, we would be overlooking our Latina and Latinx community members. Latine is used instead of Latinx because it is easily prounounced for spanish speakers and can used in plural forms. It is also a reminder that our work towards a more socially just world needs to include the recognition and affirmation of nonbinary, gender neutral, and nonconforming members in our communities.