This photo appeared in the Aberdeen Daily News (South Dakota) on September 9, 1951, and featured the enrollment of Isabel Cruz Borja (sitting next to her father, Jesus C. Borja from Agana) into the Presentation School of Nursing in Aberdeen, SD. Isabel would later graduate from the nursing school in 1954 along with a couple other Chamorro women: Brigida Crisostomo (Barrigada) and Estella Duenas (Agana). Also, Isabel is the wife of the former Senator Francisco Rivera Santos and mother of the former Senator Francis Santos.
Pictured on the immediate left is Dr. Rosa Garrido Roberto Carter (1929-2010). She attended the Northern State Teachers College (NTSC) on a scholarship and had been a long time educator on Guam. Dr. Carter would later serve as the President of the University of Guam from 1977 to 1983. (http://guampedia.com/rosa-roberto-carter/)
Standing to the left of Isabel is Josefina Mesa, who also attended the NTSC on a scholarship and upon graduation, returned home to become a teacher. [I have no data at all on Josefina Mesa and would appreciate it if some might have additional information on her.]
