Among CUNY’s Hispanic Serving Institutions, BCC, Hostos, Guttman and Lehman all have a student body that is over 50% Hispanic/Latino, with BCC and Hostos having the highest percentage. #HispanicHeritageMonth

Medgar Evers College is turning 50! Watch well-wishers, including Chancellor Matos Rodríguez, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, MEC staff and students, praise the college for half a century advancing knowledge and social justice, as it writes the story of its next 50 years.

Joel Martinez aka "The Kid Mero" hails from the Bronx. The nickname comes from Romero, which his father and uncle called him.