TUCSON, Ariz. -- — This graduation weekend at the University of Arizona, families in town will celebrate the hard work their loved ones put in to get their degrees.
Meraz' journey started with a dream after high school, deferred because his dad couldn't afford to send him to college." you have to just buckle down, work and make things happen," Meraz said, reflecting on his father's words. Still, that investment in his personal growth left Meraz with thousands of dollars in student debt. However, with his job as a website manager to Univ. of Arizona's information technolgy services, Meraz seized the advantage of discounted tuition to earn his Master's degree in entrepreneurship from the Eller College of Management.
Yesenia's journey in college started with an unorthodox freshman year, staying at home in the heart of COVID-19 quarantines."Then," she said,"my sophomore year — it took a little adjustment, and then my junior year, is when I finally got the hang of it; getting back to a routine of waking up, and having to commute to school and get all my work done."
"We'll sit down and literally bounce off ideas off of each other, then within an hour... after dinner... she comes up with a theme, a project and she's like, 'OK. I'm ready to go' and we run with it.'"
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