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235 Noor Alnaseri

7/26/2020

Noor, her husband, and their young son went directly to Augusta, Maine when they left their home in Southern Iraq in 2016. It was a rough start but in the past three and a half years she has completed her high school degree at Adult Education, volunteered at four locations and is now working for the Capitol Area New Mainers Project while she gets ready to start college (KVCC) this fall to become a radiology tech. She is now 21, mother of two and helps a lot of children and immigrant families in Augusta to receive the services they need to make a good start here in Maine.

Music: Zeynep Bastik sings "Bir Daha."

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234 Leyla Hashi

7/12/2020

Leyla was born in Somalia. Her family became refugees and moved to Boston when she was four years old. Later they moved to Maine when she was twelve. This past spring she graduated from USM with a Bachelor's Degree in communication. Her dream is to be a journalist. You can hear her former work on her podcast called Refugees of Portland and this summer you can follow her work at Amjambo Africa, the newspaper created for Africans in Maine.

A few years ago Leyla took her 90 year old grandmother back to visit in Somalia, now as Americans. She details that experience with rich personal insight. And imagine her grandmother's surprise when she learned that Leyla was to be USM's 2020 commencement speaker.

Music: "Baby" by Xariir and Xiis, Somali singers.

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