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Mexico Medical Student:
An American Gets an Education South of the Border
by Elizabeth Titus
July 19, 2010
Armando Martinez did not fear the violence that has engulfed his hometown, Juárez. Like thousands of young people from the border region, he moved to avoid getting sucked into the same life he'd always known. He wanted more, better.
With a full-ride scholarship, he set his sights on the state capital to escape a border-town mentality," he says. Now, as a fifth-year advertising major leading the Mexican Student Association, Martinez knows many of his fellow border region transplants in Austin. "Once we've taken a step," he says, "we've liked it."
Annually, we're losing thousands of kids to places like Austin, he says. Villescas is concerned about who will keep the lights on in his hometown in the future.
Fewer Mexican Students Attending Border Universities — Texas-Mexico Border | The Texas Tribune
An American Gets an Education South of the Border
by Elizabeth Titus
July 19, 2010
Armando Martinez did not fear the violence that has engulfed his hometown, Juárez. Like thousands of young people from the border region, he moved to avoid getting sucked into the same life he'd always known. He wanted more, better.
With a full-ride scholarship, he set his sights on the state capital to escape a border-town mentality," he says. Now, as a fifth-year advertising major leading the Mexican Student Association, Martinez knows many of his fellow border region transplants in Austin. "Once we've taken a step," he says, "we've liked it."
Annually, we're losing thousands of kids to places like Austin, he says. Villescas is concerned about who will keep the lights on in his hometown in the future.
Fewer Mexican Students Attending Border Universities — Texas-Mexico Border | The Texas Tribune