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Houston Beat the Odds® Awards Dinner 2010
April 15, 2010 - April 15, 2010CDF-TX will celebrate our eleventh annual Beat the Odds scholarship awards in Houston at the Westin Oaks Hotel. The dinner will honor Philamena and Arthur Baird and award college scholarships to six extraordinary Houston area youth. More Information
Feefelobari
Feefelobari is a Nigerian civil war refugee. Her village was systematically exterminated to wipe out her tribal race from their oil rich lands. Her family went into hiding and then fled to a refugee camp where living conditions were horrific. She had had no formal schooling until age 8 when a relief agency helped her family move to the U.S. She felt very isolated at school, alone and in a strange new place. With perseverance and determination she is thriving, graduating in the top 5% of her class and contributing extensive community service. She will be the first female ever in her family to graduate from school and the first female to attend college. She plans to pursue a degree in chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
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