Sylvia Cabriales won her battle with kidney cancer and her daughter Madeline is graduating at 19 years old. Both are first-generation graduates in their family.
KILLEEN, Texas — Both Sylvia Cabriales and her daughter Madeline will be graduating from Texas A&M-Central Texas in May 2024, but the road to the graduation stage was not a simple walk in the park for either woman.
“I got pregnant with my first son at 18 years old so I had to drop out of college” Sylvia explained. “But I wanted to be an example to my kids to pursue their education so I decided to go back.”
As for Cabriales’ 19-year-old daughter Madeline, she attended Early College High School and took high school and college classes at the same time.
“I was able to graduate with my associate’s degree technically before I graduated with my high school diploma,” Madeline shared. “After that, I wanted to go to Texas A&M and so did my mom.”
Madeline said she was …
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