Gillibrand addresses NEC graduates at commencement

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Sarah Derian had the white picket fence childhood of the American dream, and the assurance of opportunity that went with it.

But it wasn’t until she met her husband that she fully appreciated its worth. Her new in-law relatives, immigrants from Armenia, brought Derian humbling perspective on privilege, possibility and the value of higher education.

Learning their harrowing family history laid bare the advantages Derian had become used to. But it was their emphasis on higher learning that inspired Derian to move to Henniker and pursue a masters in education at New England College.

“It was no longer a question of whether or not it was required or deserved, but rather if I made the space and the time to embrace this gift,” she said.

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