{"id":3671,"date":"2018-02-26T20:32:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2018-02-26T20:32:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:32:57","slug":"devastation-leads-to-new-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/02\/26\/devastation-leads-to-new-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Devastation leads to new beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>By Shilesky Montalvo, STAFF WRITER \u201919<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHurricane Mar\u00eda left me without a house, zero communication, water shortage and unstable electric grid,\u201d Victor A. Fuentes Ortiz, a junior business administration major, said.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the devastation brought by Hurricane Mar\u00eda, one student found refuge at Lebanon Valley College. That student is Victor A. Fuentes Ortiz. The junior transferred to Lebanon Valley College from the University of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University of Puerto Rico in Humacao was among the worst campus damaged by Mar\u00eda,\u201d Fuentes Ortiz said. \u201cIt is mold-infested and the roof leaked\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes Ortiz had to get accustomed to a new environment, the weather and being away from his family. Fuentes Ortiz decided to come to central Pennsylvania because his sister lives here, and it was the best way to continue his education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though my previous campus is destroyed, my desire to study is stronger than ever,\u201d Fuentes Ortiz said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes Ortiz is grateful; he loves LVC for its quality of education, and because of the people on campus. He says everyone\u2019s supportive and friendly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI come from a low-income household, and I was concerned about how expensive it would be to study in the U.S., especially in a private institution like LVC,\u201d Fuentes Ortiz said. \u201cWhen other institutions did not understand my situation, LVC, especially Mr. Roberto Marti [assistant director of admission &amp; coordinator of transfer enrollment] helped when I needed it the most. At this moment, I felt valued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fuentes Ortiz is continuing his studies as a business administration major. He intends to graduate in May 2019 and being a role model for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Shilesky Montalvo, STAFF WRITER \u201919 \u201cHurricane Mar\u00eda left me without a house, zero communication, water shortage and unstable electric grid,\u201d Victor A. Fuentes Ortiz, a junior business administration major, said. Because of the devastation <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/02\/26\/devastation-leads-to-new-beginning\/\" title=\"Devastation leads to new beginning\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}