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University of Texas-Dallas: New Computer Science Graduate Finds Success Bit by Bit With True Grit, Talent
December 10, 2020
RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec. 10 -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news release:

Itzel Ramirez Tapia has been going through life at 100 miles an hour for as long as she can remember.

As a mother, first-generation college student and underrepresented minority, she's used to defying stereotypes as a computer science major.

"There's this narrative that it's impossible -- that you have to be a genius to succeed in this . . .

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