A rural middle school in the geographic area between the Midwest to Southern U.S. sought help to motivate their Latino student population to aspire for higher academic goals. The researchers collaborated with the middle school to use solution-focused counseling techniques (Murphy, 2015) in a group format to bolster the self-esteem and ethnic identity of Latino middle school students. The group process and results demonstrated that participants significantly benefited in the areas of ethnic identity and self-esteem. Recommendations for working with multicultural students in school settings are included.