Connecting KC: Palacios works to give Latino students classroom role models

"I was born in Miami where being Latino is super amazing. I got to speak Spanish everywhere. I got to interact with folks from 33 Latin American countries. And life was good," Edgar Palacios said to kick off a recent presentation to LeanLab Education. "And then, in sixth grade, my parents decided we would move to Spokane, Wash. … And from that moment on in my life story, my education story, I did not have one Latinx educator in front of me." Palacios is working to change that as founder and CEO…