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Brigitte Mendoza, New America School, Class of 2012
I’m twenty years old and my birthplace is Lima, Peru. I came to The United States almost two years ago with all my family to find work. I left my home, my friends and my university; I knew that my...
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Michael Buenfil Villamil, New America School, Class of 2011
This year will be my first completed year of high school, after five years and five different high schools. The New America School took me in and gave me a chance when no one else would or could....
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Hatungimana Renath, New America School, Class of 2010
Hatungimana Renath’s family is from the impoverished central African country of Burundi, although she herself was not born in her homeland. Constant civil war forced her parents and their eight...
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Shantay Whitten, New America School, Class of 2012
When I started high school, I was exposed to a lot of high risk situations that I didn’t know how to avoid. I made some bad decisions and my path could have been very different. And with these...
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