Scholar Spotlight: Emilio Suarez
Coming from a family of immigrants, Emilio Suarez was always concerned with how he would eventually pay for college. He knew that having a college education would be vital to his dream of working in the field of aviation.
Born in Mexico, Emilios father Gonzalo soon after moved to Indio, California with his migrant farmer parents. The family lived there for seven years before returning to Mexico. Several years later, they came back to Indio, where Gonzalo graduated from high school. After a brief stint in Mexico, Emilios father moved to Chicago with his brothers. Emilios mother, Wanda, was born and raised in Poland. In 1981 she defected from communist Poland just before martial law was enacted and lived in the US illegally until President Reagan granted amnesty to those in her situation.
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