{"id":4793,"date":"2025-11-17T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/about\/?p=4793"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:08:06","slug":"fall-2025-alumni-spotlight-yazmin-colon-radiologic-technology-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/about\/fall-2025-alumni-spotlight-yazmin-colon-radiologic-technology-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025 Alumni Spotlight: Yazmin Colon, Radiologic Technology \u201825"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Name: <strong>Yazmin Colon <br><\/strong>Grad Year: <strong>2025 <br><\/strong>Program:<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/academics\/academic-program\/radiologic-technology\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/academics\/academic-program\/radiologic-technology\/\">Radiologic Technology<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/Yazmin-Colon.jpg\" alt=\"Yazmin Colon\" class=\"wp-image-4797\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/Yazmin-Colon.jpg 700w, https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/12\/Yazmin-Colon-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Before Trocaire, I hadn\u2019t set foot on a college campus in eight years. 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