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Horizonte commencement speakers share refugee, recovery and first-generation college stories
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Multiple student speakers at Horizonte’s 2025 commencement recounted personal journeys — including refugee resettlement, first-generation college attendance and overcoming academic struggles — and credited school staff and programs with supporting their progress.
Several student speakers at Horizonte’s 2025 commencement described personal challenges and credited the school’s staff and programs with helping them graduate.
Nierazidis Peraza, who said he was born in Rwanda and later resettled in the United States, described losing family during war, arriving in the U.S. in 2017 and beginning studies at Horizonte three years ago. “I was learning so much,” Peraza said, and he thanked teachers, classmates and community members who supported him during his education.
Anthony Garcia, who identified himself to…
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