I am a board member of Everybody Wins! Iowa. We are a mentoring nonprofit that works with underprivileged kids in city schools by reading with them. The organization actually started in New York City about 30 years ago. It was brought to Iowa 20 years ago by former Senator Tom Harkin. This is my first year as a board member. I'm a mentor at Carver, and I'm going to be the treasurer next fiscal year.
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More than three years after escaping a secretly arranged child marriage in Sudan, 21-year-old Aisha Nyala is on the road to becoming a doctor.
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