College Celebrates 1965 Higher Ed Act

Pursuing a college degree wasn’t easy for Josefina Cervantes, who grew up in Mexico with siblings and a single mother.

Nobody close to Cervantes went to college, she faced a language barrier and she didn’t know about financial aid until after she began her studies.

“Every single class was a challenge for me,” Cervantes told students Wednesday at Ivy Tech Community College’s Fort Wayne Campus.

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