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Orphaned in a massacre in Congo, a onetime elementary school dropout is now an American and can teach us something about resilience.
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Opinion | One Girl’s Journey After Her Grandma Said to Kill Her

Orphaned in a massacre in Congo, a onetime elementary school dropout is now an American and can teach us something about resilience.

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