“With the help of my community, I will continue to be brave and attend Dominican University of California next fall as a first-generation college student,” Fuentes said in a speech at Tam High’s graduation ceremony on Thursday. “This is a dream I never thought possible when I first came to the U.S., but this dream is now my reality.”
Fuentes, now 17 and living in Marin City, credits his teachers and the staff at Bridge the Gap, an educational support program in southern Marin.
