50-State Stories

Luis Nieto Benitez ’23

March 6, 2025

Luis Nieto Benitez, 33, immigrated from Columbia at age 10 in pursuit of the American Dream. Following high school, he underwent a brain surgery that...

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La Quenta Lewis

March 12, 2024

La Quenta Lewis is a wife, mother of 3, and grandmother of 2. She enrolled at SNHU through the Rivet School when she was 50 and at the same time her youngest...

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Marcos Joel Garcia Perez '23

December 18, 2023

Marcos Joel Garcia Perez, 34, traveled to Commencement from Puerto Rico. Limited by educational options on the island and unable to regularly travel to a...

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Katlyn Genovese ’23

December 15, 2023

Katlyn Genovese, 33, started her SNHU program after surviving a stroke in her 20s. At the time, she was studying mortuary science, but her limitations...

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