GRCC TRIO program opens doors to international study abroad for local student
Nov. 14, 2023, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Growing up in Grand Rapids, the world sometimes seemed pretty small to Francisco Arvizu-Mancilla.Sure, there were times during his four years at Kenowa Hills High School where the idea of someday traveling outside of West Michigan, and even outside the U.S., sounded pretty good.But realistically, he said, it was hard to picture.“It just seemed like a fantasy,” he recalled recently. “Maybe something I would be able to achieve in my late 20s or maybe my 30s.”