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Los Arroyos has aided our community through dark times, and now owner Tony Arroyo has set up a GoFundMe in order to help his ‘family’ COURTESY OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ HERRERO
Santa Maria High graduate Bryan Barriga
Overcoming the odds 16-year-old Santa Maria High graduate Bryan Santa Maria High Barriga graduate headed to Notre Dame
COURTESY OF ISAAC HERNANDEZ HERRERO
Overcoming the odds By MITCHELL WHITE
NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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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. KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS PHOTOS he“I will be heading to theme,” University think it just drove Bryan Tony Arroyo, below, is juggling hours for his 175 employees, but is finding it difficult to help employees maintain financial independence during a time of social distancing in the county. of Notre Dame. told the News-Press during a recent Being the first“I inknew his family to atphone interview. that I needBy CHRISTIAN WHITTLE Losanniversary, Arroyos has become a generation- from campaign as aathletes response our friends, tend college came future with itsfor challengparaplegic totothe heroes of its 50th Santa Monica-based By CHRISTIAN WHITTLE ed to have a better my parWant NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER al business, withBarber sons and of thefamily and community who have asked, es. Bryan the application proJoint POW and MIA Accounting Comfilmmaker Steven hasdaughters taken a statNEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT ents andhelp? 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