While many of us will have to think back a little far to remember how graduating college felt, I'm probably not too far off in guessing that it felt like a moment of victory over the stress and uncertainly of the last four-or-so years.
But for some, that moment of triumph symbolizes a fight that's bigger than classes and exams. It's the moment in which they've overcome struggles that — be they health-related or financial — may have once made their dreams seem impossible.
And while it's true that many who make it across that stage had to wait patiently to get there, most didn't have to wait over 60 years like one recent graduate in Texas.