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Valentin’s determination

took him from a coma to college

n a chilly January said. “That’s just a fact.”
night, Valentin Sierra Valentin has a new
was in a violent car appreciation for his life, his
crash that left him in a faith and his family. A sincere
nine-week coma and took young man with big dreams,
his brothers’ life. When he he is enrolled at Navarro
emerged from the coma, College and hopes his story
he woke to shattered arms, will motivate others to beat
a broken jaw and a frontal the odds.
lobe brain injury. “People know that I’m

With determination and courage,
Valentin spent five additional months
in the hospital re-learning how to
walk, talk and eat.

After he was discharged, someone who pushes
Valentin participated in to accomplish his goals,”
Parkland’s outpatient he added. “I want to
rehabilitation program for help people going through
one year with a team of tough times and help
therapists who became them realize ‘you got this.’”
like family.
“Without Parkland, I
wouldn’t be here,” Valentin