Nohemi Gonzalez’s mother was filled with pride Thursday morning: Her daughter was receiving her bachelor’s degree from Cal State Long Beach.
Unlike most other parents in attendance, however, Beatriz Gonzalez accepted the honor on behalf of her daughter, who was killed in the Paris terror attacks last year.
The 23-year-old had worked hard, finishing high school with honors and moving on to Cal State Long Beach, where she studied industrial design. She was the only one of Beatriz’s three children to attend a university.
In the Department of Design, Nohemi worked as a teaching assistant and shop technician. In 2015, she led an all-female team to a second-place finish in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, according to the university.
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