KUAM News sat down with twins from the island of Tinian who are sharing joy after they both received the news that they got into Harvard.

Isa and Cielo Long are having their moment, as the twin sisters sang:

Give me a moment. //
Give me a moment. //
Know I need a minute to take in all that's different. //
Give me a moment. //
Give me a moment.

Isa and Cielo Long are having their moment. The twins from Tinian were in deep jubilation after learning they both got into Harvard.

Cielo said, "When we both got the acceptance I feel like we both just thought 'Wow! that our hard work actually paid off. It was such a good feeling to share with family." The 17-year old Chamorro-Mexican sisters now have their sights set on Harvard a long way from home and their class of just 30 students.

Isa shared, "Growing up did not really have any APs or honors offered in high school. It is just not available to us. But we always made sure to go out of our way and make opportunities for ourselves or take online classes. I feel like in some ways it is a disadvantage and advantage at the same time because you take initiative. And I can say the same thing for a bunch of other students at Tinian High School many of my classmates are resourceful."

They founded an organization to empower youth and women and are heavily involved in their community. They let that known in their early action application to college.

"I kind of created the narrative for myself tht expressed how much my home meant to me and how much and how much I wanted to see it improve...I just wanted to make Tinian and the rest of the CNMI a better place," said Cielo.

They also wrote about each other, sharing in many of their accomplishments growing up.

"Especially with our interviews for the university," noted Isa, "when we mentioned each other and our relationship and the things we were invovled in it was always like one is creative and one is analyitical, so you guys kind of balance each other out."

Isa is interested in business and marketing and Cielo wants to be a lawyer.They stll have a few months to decide where to go and are waiting to hear back from other schools, but their soaking it in. And they're committed to coming back to give back. They want other island kids to know:

"This is probably gonna sound really cliché, but I feel like to just understand that these things are possible," said Cielo.

And those possibilities are endless as they sing in their song about pushing through the pandemic.

Their lyrics ring true, as they sang:

I know we gotta keep moving forward. //
We just gotta hold on tight. //
Yu'us ayuda ham.