In One Generation, A Farmworker Family Grows College Ambitions [npr.org]

Alicia Doktor 9/4/184:00 AM

Angel Benavides, a lanky 14-year-old, dribbles down the basketball court of his school gym in Manvel, N.D. It looks like he's going for a layup, but when he realizes he's unguarded, he stops in his tracks and takes a three-pointer. It's a nice arching shot, but the ball bounces tenuously on the rim and doesn't go in.

It's late June and Angel is already thinking about playing for his high school basketball team in Texas, 1,700 miles away. But he doesn't know if he'll get there in time for November tryouts.

That's because Angel's parents are farmworkers. In the early '90s, before Angel was born, his family started migrating from Texas to North Dakota, where there was work harvesting potatoes, corn, beans and beets.

[For more on this story by TENNESSEE WATSON, go to https://www.npr.org/2018/08/29...ws-college-ambitions]

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Karen ClemmerMember

This is a story of hope and persistence and love. This story lifts my spirits. This kiddo and his parents are awesome! I would love to have an update in a few years to see where love from his family and his own perseverance takes him. Karen

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