Veronica Bonilla Pursues a Bachelor’s in Advertising at Kean University
Veronica Bonilla of Perth Amboy will be pursuing a bachelor’s and majoring in advertising at Kean University. Her Middlesex College degree is the realization of a dream that began 10 years ago when she first came to the U.S. from Colombia at age 16.
Her grandmother, her inspiration and role model, watched the ceremony online from her home in Colombia as her granddaughter received her hard-earned degree.
She hopes to use her education to one day start her own business so that she can hire and support women who, like her grandmother, just need an opportunity to create a better life for themselves.
“My grandma has always been my inspiration,” Bonilla said. “She is so smart but didn’t get past the second grade. I always think that if she just had access to education, it would have changed her life. Education does not define you, but it opens the door to so many things.”
