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Science Teacher Shares His Journey After Winning The Green Card Lottery

Published January 31, 2018 at 5:09 PM EST

In 2003, in Burkina Faso, Abdel Akim Adjibade found out he won the lottery — the green card lottery. He became one of approximately 50,000 people each year to win entry to the U.S. this way, and now he teaches physics in Illinois. He shares what this experience was like for him.

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