When he started at Aims Community College in 2012, Adrian Felix had no idea what he wanted to do. The aptitude test he took during his first semester revealed a bent toward media and communications.
Betzy Valdez is not one to back down from a challenge. “Right after high school, there were so many challenges and I felt like obtaining a college degree was something unattainable for me. I lost hope.”
As one of eleven children, living the first several years of life on the Rocky Boy Reservation, home to the Chippewa Cree tribe, Valeriano (Val) never thought about going to college.