Nigerian sisters graduate at the top of their classes

What an inspirational story. Faith and Chioma Nwoaha moved to the United States less than three years ago from Nigeria, and both graduated at the top of their class as valedictorians. Chioma, 18, is senior class valedictorian at English High School, while Faith, just 16, earned the same top title for Jeremiah Burke High School. Faith is on the left and Chioma is on the right.

You know academic scholarships rained gold dust on them. One will attend Boston University and the other will attend Northeastern University. I think both have their sight on medical school.

Their mom, Comfort Nwoaha, a certified nursing assistant must be twice proud, “This is really a dream come true for us. We came to America to move forward and now I feel as though we truly are,” she said.

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Congrats to the girls for all of their hard work, and their family for instilling good values in them!

Reference:
Boston Herald

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Boston Herald