Good News: Mariachi band plays for school worker's birthday surprise
At Grand Prairie High School in Texas, attendance clerk Nicte Rubio got a birthday surprise from the school's award-winning mariachi band. NBC News' Jose Diaz-Balart has this story and more in this week's Good News Wrap-Up.April 12, 2025
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