FAIRFAX, Va., April 29 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
At 72, Irma Garcia will walk across the stage to receive a bachelor's degree decades in the making. For her, earning a bachelor's degree in public administration degree from the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University was never a straight path. But it was always a goal; education is very important to her family.
Originally from Puerto Rico, Garcia moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1978 to raise her three young daughters. Settling in Virginia, she worked many different jobs-mainly in local government and nonprofits-after earning a general studies degree from Northern Virginia Community College.
"What I really wanted to do was...