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For the class of 2020, all those once-in-a-lifetime moments are gone

Victor Rojas, who was born with brittle bone disease and has been in a wheelchair most of his life, started at Cal State Northridge in 2014. He almost came undone during his freshman year when his father, who had cancer, died of complications from a routine biopsy. Rojas was lost, attending classes but mentally checked out. “I started partying; I started doing drugs, drinking,” he said.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-09/coronavirus-class-of-2020-seniors-lost-rituals

Los Angeles Times

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