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GROWING UP IN AMERICA

GROWING UP IN AMERICA

ESKAT ASFAW

ESKAT ASFAW is the Founder of COLLEGE SHUTTLE; a growing US- based College Transportation Service. A company that transportsstudents from their dorms to their homes on weekends and special holidays. The company currently serves colleges across the nation. Eskat got a start after winning first place in the entrepreneur competition and was later awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year in the tri state region and has been featured in multiple magazines. In addition to his passion for entrepreneurship his other passions include, interest in writing, mentoring entrepreneurs, and developing innovative ideas in serving communities.

GROWING UP IN AMERICA

GROWING UP IN AMERICA

MARTA TEKLEMARIAM-CARTER

MARTA TEKLEMARIAM-CARTER was born and raised in Ethiopia until the age of nineteen. Her parents discovered that she is hearing impaired when she was one year old. She came to USA in 1997 and started learning American Sign Language including deaf culture. She matriculated Model Secondary School in Washington, DC and attended Northern Virginia Community College. She is currently working as a Digital Conversion Technician at the US Library of Congress. Marta will also teach Amharic Sign Language to children.

THE MULTICULTURAL CHILD: STRATEGIES FOR NURTURING EMOTIONAL HEALTH & RESILIENCE

THE MULTICULTURAL CHILD: STRATEGIES FOR NURTURING EMOTIONAL HEALTH & RESILIENCE

SOPHIA SOLOMON

SOPHIA SOLOMON left the corporate setting to work with preschoolers in 1990 and hasn’t looked back since. Growing up in East Africa, Europe and the Middle East gave her a uniquely personal multicultural perspective and oriented her to creating learning environments that honor diversity. But this orientation crystallized into a passion after her intimate 2007 exposure to a distressed 6-year old Ethiopian adoptee & his 4-year old sister. Her attempts to scaffold the adopting family during their critical transitional year also inspired her research paper on amending current gaps in support services for international adoptees.

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