Lydia Patterson Institute weathers Covid-19

COVID-19 has made 2020 a hard year for everyone — especially for young people who have spent years waiting for the day they could walk across a stage in front of family and friends to get that hard-sought diploma.

Ruth Moreno in many ways is no different from any other 2020 high school graduate except that for every day of her high school years she has walked across two nations to get her education.

Moreno, who lives in Juárez, is one of 72 seniors at Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, Texas, who will graduate on July 6. High school graduation will be in the school playground with students socially distanced from each other, wearing caps and gowns and masks as their families watch graduation on tablets or phones instead of in-person.

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