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‘Act of Defiance’ Fuels Future Leader’s Path

by Gary Kopycinski on June 9, 2015

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ROTC Cadet Val Gonzalo, who is graduating from DePaul University’s Driehaus College of Business with a double major in management and finance, was instantly enamored by the ROTC program and took to heart the lessons she learned from her training. After graduating she will join the Army and work at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. (Photo by Jeff Carrion)