DiBenedetto came from New York to study with leading professors and live in a different part of the country. “And Las Vegas is that,” she said.

The Las Vegas native completed her undergrad at Reno and returned home for law school. After graduation, she’ll head north again for a clerkship in Carson City.

The nontraditional student worked as a flight attendant and juggled motherhood as she discovered her path to becoming a storyteller.

The first-generation student became president of Student Technologists Association in Radiological Science and plans to return this fall for another degree in MRI pathology.

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UNLV President Len Jessup on the leadership transition.