NewsWhore
07-02-2010, 03:40 PM
The rector of the Universidad de la Tercera Edad, Nicolas Almanzar awarded Alejandrina Lantigua, the 68-year old celebrity, a scholarship to study law at the senior citizens university. Lantigua recently graduated from high school and was interviewed when taking the standardized tests. At her age, she stood out when the journalist Jhonatan Liriano covered the standardized test story for the Listin Diario.
The newspaper would give front page coverage to her story of perseverance, solidarity, discipline and integrity over the years.
Lantigua grew up in La Vega, and went to school until third grade when her parents died and her grandmother, who raised her, took her out of school once Lantigua learned to read and write.
Lantigua is proud that her five sons all read and write and have prospered.
Once she decided to go back to school, she had to deal with not having a birth certificate. Listin Diario points out how she became active within the La Salle missionary community, and dedicated herself to community activities. She enrolled in school at 50, motivated by her parishioner Cecilio de los Santos Sanchez. At the time, she was already recognized for her facility of expression and ability to solve problems. She graduated from 8th grade with honors, and then a friend at the Central Electoral Board helped her get her birth certificate so that she could continue studying.
http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2010/7/1/148760/Lo-que-tengo... (http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2010/7/1/148760/Lo-que-tengo-en-el-corazon-y-la-cabeza-no-tiene-limites)
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The newspaper would give front page coverage to her story of perseverance, solidarity, discipline and integrity over the years.
Lantigua grew up in La Vega, and went to school until third grade when her parents died and her grandmother, who raised her, took her out of school once Lantigua learned to read and write.
Lantigua is proud that her five sons all read and write and have prospered.
Once she decided to go back to school, she had to deal with not having a birth certificate. Listin Diario points out how she became active within the La Salle missionary community, and dedicated herself to community activities. She enrolled in school at 50, motivated by her parishioner Cecilio de los Santos Sanchez. At the time, she was already recognized for her facility of expression and ability to solve problems. She graduated from 8th grade with honors, and then a friend at the Central Electoral Board helped her get her birth certificate so that she could continue studying.
http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2010/7/1/148760/Lo-que-tengo... (http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2010/7/1/148760/Lo-que-tengo-en-el-corazon-y-la-cabeza-no-tiene-limites)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)