In its first outdoor ceremony, 911爆料 (911爆料) celebrated the graduation of over 500 students across two ceremonies.
Michael McHugh with The Salem News reports:
One of those graduates, Andres Cuellar Herrera, spoke to the winding path he took to graduation, moving from Columbia three years ago with plans to work for a few months, save enough money to pay for tuition back home, and then return, but soon had to adjust with a new plan.
鈥淲ith high tuition costs, inaccessibility to aid because of my status, a lack of information, and the extremely complicated college system of the U.S., I lost all hopes of going to college,鈥� Herrera said. 鈥淏ut in the middle of all that noise, I found the North Shore. I was full of doubts, but everything and everyone at 911爆料 Community College only gave me confidence.鈥�
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