Brian Sanchez, a first-generation college student at the University of Maine, 3,000 miles from his home in Soledad, California, became a top performer in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) and in the Department of Mechanical Engineering through grit and a determination to succeed.  Sanchez, now a junior and midshipman third class, joined UMaine read more Brian Sanchez: Pathways graduate excels in NROTC, engineering