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Governor Moore Names Ë«Ó®ÓéÀÖ³Ç Student in Speech

We were thrilled that an MC student was acknowledged in Governor Moore¡¯s state of the state speech on Wednesday.

¡°Jefferson Vasquez-Reyes, an 18-year-old MC student, is in his second semester and a member of the TP/SS student senate. His parents are Salvadoran and were unable to finish their education due to war and poverty. As a child he served as an interpreter for his mother and grandmother, who were hospitalized frequently, and realized that there were few Latino doctors ¨Cabout six percent according to his research. When his grandmother was hospitalized in 2019, she refused care until a Latino doctor spoke with her in Spanish and gained her trust as he related: ¡°I knew my responsibility was to bridge the gap so others could experience the same. I decided to start this path at MC,¡± he said. Jefferson was supported in his first semester costs by scholarships from the MC Foundation, MC BOT, and Herb Block Foundation.

You can read Governor Moore's full address .