{"id":51427,"date":"2024-12-09T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=51427"},"modified":"2024-12-09T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:32:56","slug":"something-my-daughter-is-proud-of-meet-cinthia-m-acc-fall-2024-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/12\/09\/something-my-daughter-is-proud-of-meet-cinthia-m-acc-fall-2024-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSomething my daughter is proud of\u201d | Meet Cinthia M., ACC fall 2024 graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) celebrates more than 3,900 graduates at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/students\/graduation\/commencement-graduation-ceremony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fall 2024 commencement ceremony<\/a>. Friends and family are invited to congratulate students at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park on Thursday, December 12.<\/p>\n<p>One of those students is Cinthia Moctezuma. She is a 22-year-old first-generation female student who began at ACC in 2020. Cinthia, who became a mother during her academic journey, will earn her general studies degree.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hear more about her journey at ACC.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/Photo--1024x524.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Cynthia in black and white\" class=\"wp-image-51428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/Photo--1024x524.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/Photo--300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/Photo--768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/Photo--1536x787.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/Photo--150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/12\/Photo-.jpg 1660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Why did you choose ACC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I chose ACC to have an opportunity for a better career pathway at the end, without (going) in(to) debt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it feel to be graduating?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It feels awesome being a first-gen Latina, graduating. I hope making it this far in the future be something my daughter, who is currently 18 months old, is proud of.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your favorite part of ACC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The accommodations made for online school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to continue courses on Coursera for Data Analyst and find a work-from-home job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you tell someone considering applying for college?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DO IT! STAY CONSISTENT: there are many resources aside from academics that will help you thrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else you would like to add?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without my support system I wouldn\u2019t have been able to graduate. I am thankful for how my educational path came to be. I only decided to finish strong because I got pregnant and knew I had to finish strong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) celebrates more than 3,900 graduates at its fall 2024 commencement ceremony. Friends and family are invited to congratulate students at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park on Thursday, December 12. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/12\/09\/something-my-daughter-is-proud-of-meet-cinthia-m-acc-fall-2024-graduate\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":51428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17,19],"tags":[40,4078,4077,2463,2689,69],"class_list":["post-51427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-commencement","tag-fall-2024-commencement","tag-fall-2024-graduation","tag-general-studies","tag-grads","tag-graduation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}