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Javier Lujan marched across a New Mexico State University stage on Saturday, becoming the first in his family to graduate with a college degree. His father, Frank Lujan, died April 30, but not before he was able to see his son accept a certificate in his hospital room.

Javier Lujan marched across a New Mexico State University stage on Saturday, becoming the first in his family to graduate with a college degree. His father, Frank Lujan, died April 30, but not before he was able to see his son accept a certificate in his hospital room. - Robin Zielinski/The Las Cruces Sun-News
Days before he died, father able to see son 'graduate' from NMSU
LAS CRUCES — Twenty-two-year-old Javier Lujan, a lifelong Las Crucen, marched across a New Mexico State University stage on Saturday, becoming the first in his family to graduate with a college degree. It's an occasion he was hoping to share, ...
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