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17 Years in a Refugee Camp. Now He Runs Pittsburgh’s Front Door for New Arrivals.
Khara Timsina spent 17 years in a refugee camp after fleeing Bhutan. He co-founded BCAP, which now supports immigrant families from around the world in Pittsburgh.
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The Deli Man Who Turns Report Cards Into $100 Bills
Wail Alselwi, a Yemeni immigrant running a Staten Island deli, has given away hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes to reward kids for improving their grades.
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He Fled Vietnam by Boat at Age 7. Now He Trains First Responders to Handle Mental Health Crises.
Paul Hoang fled Vietnam by boat as a child. He founded Viet-CARE and has since trained over 1,000 professionals in crisis intervention.
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She Survived Pirates at Sea. Now She Helps Vietnamese Families Break Cycles of Harm.
Quyen Vuong fled Vietnam by boat in 1981. She now runs ICAN, a Silicon Valley nonprofit offering parenting and child-abuse-prevention programs for Vietnamese families.
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A Somali Refugee Built a Soccer Club to Keep Young Refugees on the Field, Not the Streets
Abdi Iftin arrived in Utah as a Somali refugee and built Future FC, a soccer club and support network for young refugees and immigrants.
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The Refugee-Led Kitchen Turning Recipes Into New Careers
Meymuna Hussein-Cattan fled East Africa as a refugee. Her Tiyya Foundation now runs a free culinary workshop that’s trained more than 23 refugee chefs from 21 countries.
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A Refugee Doctor Built the Clinic His Younger Self Needed
Binh Phung arrived as a nine-year-old refugee from Vietnam. Today he’s a pediatrician running a free clinic in Tulsa for refugee and migrant families.
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The Fresno Entrepreneur Making Sure No Kid Sits Out for Money
Jesus Garcia grew up in a Mexican immigrant family in Fresno with little money for the sports he loved. Today his High Performance Academy serves thousands of young athletes across California.