Santa Barbara News-Press: April 4, 2020

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Overcoming the odds By MITCHELL WHITE

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ryan Barriga admits he didn’t have the typical childhood experience. When he was 4, Bryan’s father was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, a disorder of the inner ear, and has been unable to work ever since. At 7, his mother and younger sister were deported to Mexico. “I think it just drove me,” Bryan By MITCHELL WHITE told the News-Press during a recent NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER phone interview. “I knew that I needed to have a better future for my ryan Barriga admits heparents and I justhave wanted help them didn’t thetotypical out. They’ve done soexperience. much for me just childhood so I could have an education.” When he was 4, Bryan’s father was KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS Last month, received his diagnosed withBryan Meniere’s disease, Documentary filmmaker Steven Barber and his wife Tamara are shown with various Apollo 11 celebratory items, including a bust of Neil Armstrong, below. high schoolof diploma from Santa a disorder the inner ear, andMahas ria High School at the agesince. of 16.At He been unable to work ever 7, is first member of his family to histhe mother and younger sister were graduate school and in the fall deportedhigh to Mexico. he“I will be heading to theme,” University think it just drove Bryan of Notre Dame. told the News-Press during a recent Being the first“I inknew his family to atphone interview. that I needtend came future with itsfor challengits 50th anniversary, Santa Monica-based from paraplegic athletes to the heroes of By CHRISTIAN WHITTLE ed tocollege have a better my pares. Bryan the application profilmmaker Steven Barber has taken a stat- the Joint POW and MIA Accounting ComNEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT ents and Isaid just wanted to help them cess wasSONG difficult ue of the three Apollo 11 astronauts to the mand. He loves finding a good story and out. They’ve done sobecause much forhe mewas just KENNETH / NEWS-PRESS trying to do it all byeducation.” himself. putting a project together. He has had his Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. so I could have an ifty years ago today, humanity Volunteer Mark Huston delivers food to a residence on Friday as part of the Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels program, aiming to provideKENNETH hot meals for/ NEWS-PRESS all that need them. SONG PHOTOS He was able to lean on communiLast month, Bryan received his At 2,800 pounds, standing 12 feet tall share of setbacks, but over the years he’s accomplished the impossible. Documentary filmmaker Steven Barber and his wife Tamara are shown with various Apollo 11 celebratory items, including a bust of Neil Armstrong, below. ty members and friends who have high school diploma from Santa MaAmerica and the world were in- and costing $750,000, the monument learned that if you keep swinging, you canattended college, as age wellofas ria High School at the 16.the He spired when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil marks the end of Mr. Barber’s year long not fail. It’s exactly this mentality that led Scholarship Foundation of Santa is the first member of his family to Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, backed by journey to honor three of America’s great- to the statues finally arriving at the KenBarbara. nedy Center’s moon garden. graduate high school and in the fall crewmate Michael Collins and hundreds est heroes. applied to more than 30 col“You can’t believe what it took to put in heHe will be heading to the University A brief resident of Santa Barbara when of men and women behind them, took their leges, such as Ivy League schools of Notre Dame. he was young, Mr. Barber has made sev- three statues, so I can’t even imagine what first steps on the moon. 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Please see GRADUATE on A3 By MITCHELL WHITE and behavior data. to track and monitor the recovery period from a NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER The technology was developed in Santa Barsurgery, or even what patterns can tell you ‘We’re going to do this assleep long as we 16 cases in Lompoc’s federal prison; Bridging the gap: UCSB researchers bara and is maintained by a local data science about your overall health. possibly can’:“That’s Santa Mealsand on Goleta closes picnic, rec areas; critical COVID-19 hat ifdonate a conversation could be used team.testing the Barbara power of the devices the data A NEWS-PRESS SERIES: SMALL BUSINESS SANTA BARBARA to detect the hidden beginning of “Our data platform enables the passive collecthey produce right now,” Alessio Signorini, one Wheels continues to serve hot meals report shows 701,000 jobs are shed supplies to Cottage Hospital Alzheimer’s? tion and deep analysis of continuous behavior of the company’s co-founders, told the NewsOr if the type of mobile phone or smartwatch data alongside traditional healthcare information, Press. “You would be surprised how much data By JORGE MERCADO By NICK MASUDA By TESS you use could reveal how adherent youKENNY are to empowering individuals and innovative compa- NEWS-PRESS a smartphone would produce for health. 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