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ESOL Voices: Student Spotlight


ESOL Voices: Student Spotlight: Yasmin Mussa

Yasmin is an ESOL student who has lived in the United States for three and a half years and was recently reunited with her husband. Yasmin plans to join the laboratory technician program at MCC. In this harrowing essay, Yasmin writes about a friend’s experience with female circumcision. Yasmin is from Somalia.  According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Somalia has the highest per capita percentage of female genital mutilation in the world, roughly 98%. Click on the pdf to read her story.

ESOL Voices a collection of stories written by ESOL students at Monroe Community College.  This semester, we are highlighting students from African countries.  Look for a new story in the Tribune each month.  We hope you will find these stories interesting and inspiring. 

Katie Leite & Pamela Fornieri
ESOL & TRS
11/12/2014


Attachments:
icon Yasmin Mussa Somalia.pdf