Valedictorian

These photos were for a story by Julia C. Mead (Ticket to Nowhere, NY Times, June 20, 2004) on Hulda Mazariego who graduated from Wyandanch Memorial High School with a higher grade average than any other student in her class. She was offered a full scholarship to college but being an illegal immigrant she could not take it. Her family had made the difficult trip from Guatemala in 1992.