<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/connor_hester_dec_2024.php" dsn="news"><image><img src="/news/thumbnails/24072_student_research_symposium_00983-news.jpg" alt="senior connor hester explains research"/></image><date>12/09/2024</date><headline>Future Doctor Driven to Find Cure for Disease That Ails His Mother</headline><description>Class of 2024 graduating senior Connor Hester was able to attend UNT Dallas thanks to Dallas County Promise, a workforce development partnership that pays college tuition for deserving and eligible students.
						
						Now, he's made a promise to "make people's lives better" by helping find treatments and cures for diseases that affect millions of us, including the Rheumatoid Arthritis that ails his mother. 
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