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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) -- From Yemen to Madera, a section precocious schoolhouse elder is proving that connection barriers can't halt determination. As graduation approaches, the pupil is inspiring not lone her peers but besides educators crossed the district.
At conscionable 15 years old, Shaima Mohsen arrived successful the United States with her ma and siblings, leaving her location successful Yemen behind.
“Suddenly retired of obscurity we moved to America during my sophomore year, I knew basal English but my accent was wholly antithetic than the radical here," said Mohsen.
She felt isolated, utilizing Google Translate conscionable to clasp conversations.
“Whenever I talked to immoderate teachers oregon students, I had to propulsion it up and beryllium similar this is what I privation to say, look here," said Mohsen.
Now, conscionable 2 years later, Shaima holds a 4.2 GPA, is among the apical 10 successful her class, and precocious became the archetypal pupil successful the Madera Unified School District to gain the Seal of Biliteracy successful Arabic, goals she acceptable erstwhile she archetypal came to the United States.
“I’m truthful happy, and truthful arrogant of myself, and I ever archer myself bully job, Shaima, you achieved each of your goals," said Mohsen.
While attending Madera South High School, Shaima faced challenges specified arsenic translating documents for her household and helping rise her siblings. Despite these obstacles, unit accidental Shaima shines done her property and enactment ethic.
“She's decidedly an inspiration and a cleanable illustration of what anyone tin execute with hard enactment and determination," said Alvaro Lopez, who is an AVID teacher astatine Madera South High School.
School unit besides says her interaction is long-lasting.
It creates an accidental not conscionable for the Arabic connection but for immoderate different pupil who speaks different connection that hasn't received the seal of biliteracy to beryllium capable to advocator and accidental that's an accidental for maine arsenic well," said schoolhouse counselor Bianca Rodriguez
Shaima hopes to determination onto Fresno City College to survey dental hygiene; she besides plans connected learning Spanish successful bid to assistance adjacent much people.
“Be who you are, bask your beingness the mode you are, judge successful yourself and beryllium arrogant of yourself," said Shaima.
