Day: February 17, 2016

This article originally appeared in the February 2016 print edition. By Iris Vasquez Guerrero Resigning from my job of three years was not easy, but neither are most major life decisions.  I gave up my full time position in order to return to school and finally finish my bachelor’s degree.  My college career originally began when I was an eighteen-year-old know-it-all that desperately wanted to leave Laredo.  I was accepted to Texas A&M-Kingsville, and I made all the usual mistakes that a new student makes.  Long story short, I completed four years at TAMUK, but received no degree.  I was also about two years away from graduation. (more…)