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James Reed<br />
Age 19, Grand Rapids<br />
“One time I was sitting<br />
down and playing and<br />
a random homeless guy<br />
came up to me and asked<br />
me if I wanted money for<br />
playing. I was like no man,<br />
I’m just playing for the hell<br />
of it, I like the music. So he<br />
sat down next to me and<br />
asked if he could play. He<br />
started strumming the craziest<br />
chords I’ve heard in my<br />
life. He was very talented, it<br />
blew me out of the water.<br />
Reporting and photo<br />
by Matt Smith<br />
Marlyn Chub Bolom<br />
Age 22, Guatemala<br />
“I want to start my own business. Before, I wanted<br />
to be a social worker, but I didn’t like the field. I’m<br />
not from here. I’m from Guatemala, and I want to<br />
go back there and build a school for kids that are<br />
not able to go to school or don’t have the financial<br />
background to go to school. I love to help<br />
people. That’s my goal. I care about others.<br />
Photo by Cesar Ayala<br />
“I came here seven years ago. I got a scholarship<br />
to come here. The program was for four years of<br />
high school and four years of college. But after<br />
the first four years, they didn’t have enough<br />
funds. And so they were gonna send me back to<br />
Guatemala. But then luckily for me, my host family<br />
took me in. So they’re taking care of me right<br />
now. I came here for education.”<br />
Reporting by Marco Zamudio<br />
50 | TheCollegiateLive.com
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