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VI Natives Join Peers At Barry's PA Program Graduation Despite Hurricane Maria's Challenges

ST. CROIX -- Three native Virgin Islands students of Barry University’s Physician Assistant (PA) program, despite being displaced from their St. Croix campus by Hurricane Maria, took part in the program’s graduation ceremony in Miami on Friday, December 9 surrounded by friends and family, according to a release issued today. Camille Paul, 29 and Anthony Centeno, 25, both from St. Croix, as well as St. Thomian Shenika Garner, 33, walked across the stage and joined in celebration with their 2017 graduating class who were divided amongst three campuses to include Miami and St. Petersburg, FL, in addition to St. Croix. For most of the roughly two and half year program, the three natives studied from the St. Croix campus along with 20 other students from the mainland until Hurricane Maria devastated the island from September 19-20. Before Hurricane Maria ravaged St. Croix, Barry University made resources available to evacuate their St. Croix students and staff to their Florida campuses, how...