(Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter) Moments later, Montunya, a Philippines native ... Each of Friday’s honorees received their high school diploma, a special graduation stole, and a medal ...

SHE HAD TO PUT HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ON HOLD TO TAKE CARE OF HER MOM. I JUST PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND I DIDN’T SEE NOTHING UNTIL SHE FOUND A FRIEND. SHE CONFIDED IN. FLORA DE MAYO AND RITA ARE ...

Cudal is a 36-year-old Santa Ana resident who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 11 years old. In lieu of pursuing a high school diploma as a teenager, she chose instead to ...