By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Kearney Bound program changed Bryan Escobar’s life. The University of Nebraska at Kearney senior grew up in Lexington, where his parents worked at the Tyson meatpacking plant. They made enough money to get by, but paying for a university education would have been a stretch. “They were always pushing for me to get a higher education,” said Escobar, whose parents emigrated to the United States from Central America more than two decades … [Read more...]
Lexington’s Noemi Murillo overcomes shyness, language barrier to succeed at UNK
By AUSTIN KOELLER UNK Communications KEARNEY – Noemi Murillo’s path to nursing school has not been easy. She moved to the United States at age 3 from Michoachán, Mexico, where she was born and her parents had lived their whole lives. Her struggles began when she started elementary school. “I was not learning at the same speed as my other classmates because I did not understand the English language,” said the University of Nebraska at Kearney senior from Lexington. “I was always afraid … [Read more...]
