Single mother pursues health care dream
Midland College staff
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The road to an associate degree wasn t easy for Anabel Rivas. She took a nontraditional path to college.Courtesy Photo
The road to an associate degree wasn t easy for Anabel Rivas. She took a nontraditional path to college. She lived with her father in Mexico until the age of 16. They had a troubled relationship, and she was eventually put out of the house and lived on the streets of Mexico. However, this past December, Rivas graduated from Midland College with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Health Information Management and is now looking forward to entering MC’s nursing program in the fall.
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MIDLAND âGod made me the youngest in my family so that I could see the directions my siblings were taking and decide for myself which way to go,â Fabby Torres said. âThe question I asked myself was â do I want to go to college and try to make a difference?â
Midland native Fabby Torres is the youngest of five children and the first in her family to graduate from college. Both of her parents left school in the third grade. She graduated from Midland Lee in 2017.