By Julia Lopez, community reporter
Lidixe Montoya, a 43-year old single mother and Salvadoran immigrant, is working with the local church communities that helped bring her here.
In August 2015, Montoya fled gang violence in El Salvador with her then five-year-old son Pavel. With the help of local church members, she obtained a student visa and enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Five-plus years later, she now has her UW-EC bachelor’s degree with a public health concentration, plus a master’s degree in administration and ministry from Luther Seminary in St. Paul.
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