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The Epitome of Determination

Student’s road to graduation littered with dozens of surgeries (pictured above:  Cruz Santibanez received her degree Sunday.) When Cruz Santibanez woke up in UNC’s surgical intensive care unit on July 4, 2008, she’d cleared the first hurdle – she was alive. The next thing on her list: getting back to class. The vibrant 17-year-old had suffered […]