“It’s time to go home. New Mexico is always a home for me, so too is Minnesota.”
Transfer student Douglas Lemon, an English studies major, expected to return to Minnesota after graduating from UNM.
Despite living a big part of his life in Minnesota, the transplanted Lobo was actually born and raised in Albuquerque until his early childhood.
“I always wanted to come back here to New Mexico,” Lemon said.
Lemon said his parents moved to Albuquerque after his grandfather accepted a position in aerospace engineering. Lemon’s father then began attending UNM.
Although he said his father was unable to finish his degree, Lemon decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and transferred to New Mexico.