# @ncstatecals on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bja2q0YlCDj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15083428-ncstatecals-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c4c98c1044.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-05-30T23:13:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (@NCStateCALS) — https://gondola.cc/NCStateCALS

## Caption

Selena Ibarra was 14 years old when she started work at a packing plant in #Sampson County to help pay the bills for her family of 13. She had dreams of attending #NCStateCALS, but had no idea to how to apply. No one in her family had attended #college, but quitting isn’t in the family name. Born in #Mexico, her parents had successfully navigated the United States #immigration system to receive citizenship decades before. They encouraged Ibarra as she toiled over her #NCState application. After receiving her first rejection, she got very discouraged, but persevered until she landed a spot at NCStateAGI. Now she’s a senior in #animalscience well on her way to #graduation. #CALSMagazine #collegeaccess 
There are other options, you just have to look for them. It might be a little harder, but there’s always another way. — Selena Ibarra

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## Tags

mexico, collegeaccess, sampson, animalscience, graduation, calsmagazine, ncstate, college, ncstatecals, immigration

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