After that, there was no stopping
Lupe Quintanilla. She soon realized that
the associate’s degree offered by Texas
Southmost College would not satisfy her.
Continuing her Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday schedule at Southmost, she
enrolled for Tuesday and Thursday courses
at Pan American University, a school 140
miles from Brownsville. Within three years,
she had earned both her junior-college
degree and a bachelor’s degree in biology.