Three AMIGAS from Texas A&M International University Enter Medical School

From: The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education | Date: November 19, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Three AMIGAS from Texas A&M International University Enter Medical School

For Daniella Ochoa, it is a fond memory indeed. She and her friends Elisa Cuéllar and Adriana Juárez, all students at Texas A&M International University and members of the school's popular dance group, High Twisters, were anxiously waiting as their dance team sponsor introduced their next performance. To their surprise, from behind the curtain, they could hear their names announced and their sponsor boasting to the audience about the fact that "three High Twisters were going to medical school."

"We were all ...

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