This report discusses the school-to-work transition process of Hispanic youth in Boston. The report was prepared in response to the high rates of unemployment and participation in low-paying service sector jobs by Hispanics and was funded by a grant from the Hispanic Policy Development Project as part of a national effort to identify key public and private sector policy issues affecting Hispanic youth in the United States. The first section defines school-to-work transition and discusses some of the assumptions implicit in this term. It is the case for many Hispanic youth that they do not graudate from high school, thus breaking the transition; furthermore, for many of these youth their entry into the workforce is marked by periods of unemployment or underemployment. The report gives a socioeconomic overview of Hispanics in Boston. This is followed by a section on education and employment, which includes a discussion of racism in Boston and the problems of underrepresentation of Hispanics on the staff of Boston public schools, Hispanic students' dropout rates and non-promotions, a review of bilingual programs, and the experience of Hispanic youth in attempting to make a school-to-work transition in the face of racism. The last section deals with job opportunities and employment and training programs in Boston, including the Boston Private Industry Council, the Boston Compact, and the Tri-Lateral council for Quality Education. The report concludes with a summary, a list of recommendations, and a brief bibliography. (CG)