Scholarships Helped First-Generation Student Earn Degree at Gardner-Webb Ready for Dental School

Authors

Office of University Communications

Files

Description

Being the first in his family to graduate from college, Ulises Martinez, of Hendersonville, N.C., represents more than six decades of hard work and hope. His grandfather came to America from Mexico in the 1960s in search of seasonal work to support his family. Then, his father and uncle arrived in the 1980s with a dream to establish a permanent home in the United States that eventually became a reality.

Publication Date

Spring 3-15-2023

City

Boiling Springs, NC

Keywords

Double Dawg Day, Ulises Martinez, University Priority Fund

Recommended Citation

Office of University Communications, "Scholarships Helped First-Generation Student Earn Degree at Gardner-Webb Ready for Dental School" (2023). Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive. 2636.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2636