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By Kevin Allen p
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
At just 19 years of age, Rocio Loya has done something that no one else in her family has ever experienced.
On the day after the Fourth of July, Rocio registered to vote in U.S. elections. And immediately she began to feel the effects.
“I feel like I have more power,” she said proudly.
The 2006 Rappahannock County High School graduate came to Virginia in seventh grade, when her father, Nivardo, was offered fulltime work at Sunnyside Farm near the Town of Washington.
Before settling down in Rappahannock, the family moved often between Chihuahua, Mexico, and jobs in the United States. Rocio was bom in New Jersey.
In May, Rocio finished her first year at the University of Virginia, where she has a full scholarship. She is back in Rappahannock this summer, helping out at Sunnyside.
Rocio was encouraged to register by Meredith Gorfein, who used to work with Rocio’s mother, Lorena, at Sunnyside Farms Market in the Town of Washington.
“If she hadn’t called me, I probably wouldn’t be here,” Rocio said.
Meredith balked at that
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