San Gorgonio High School senior Silvana Vazquez will become the first member of her family to attend college after beating the odds and getting accepted to one of the nation's most prestigious schools — Harvard University.
As thousands of high schoolers prepare to graduate and move on to college, one San Bernardino student has made her dream come true after accepting an offer to one of the nation's most prestigious universities. Silvana Vazquez, currently a senior at San Gorgonio High School, was accepted to more than 30 different schools before she was accepted to Harvard University.
The school is located in an underserved community of San Bernardino, where 88% of students are eligible for free and reduced lunch.Nearly a quarter of San Bernardino City Unified School District students fall below the poverty line, and 20% are English language learners, meaning they have to take special classes because they aren't proficient in English. Vazquez was once in the same boat.
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