Fleeing War in Ukraine, Family Faces Challenges and Finds Support in Colorado

A local couple is hosting seven Ukrainian family members who are fleeing the war. Learning English is critical for them… and that’s where FRCC comes in.
A local couple is hosting seven Ukrainian family members who are fleeing the war. Learning English is critical for them… and that’s where FRCC comes in.
Giovanni Hernandez arrived in the US when he was in 10th grade. He had no trouble with the concepts he was learning in high school, but he struggled with learning English at first.
A couple of years—and lot of hard work later—he came to FRCC to prepare himself for a four-year university. His says those classes gave him the foundational support he needed to be successful in college. He’s now studying civil engineering at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and is set to graduate with his bachelor’s degree next year.
Carlos Rodriguez, a native of Mexico City, grew up wanting to be just like his parents – his father is an emergency room physician and medical examiner and his mother is a general physician. Carlos pursued his bachelor’s in biology at Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, but ultimately decided to forgo…