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From Dish Washer To Millionare, Ethiopian Refugee Shares His Story by GREENAFRICAN: 11:28am On Oct 09, 2017 |
So he began as a dishwasher at the Hilton Hotel, earning $5.65 an hour. Eventually, he held as many as three jobs at once, including ones at manufacturing companies and another as a security guard. The small paychecks of those days are long gone for Tufaa, who is now president of a successful bus company. Each day, Metropolitan Transportation Network carries more than 15,000 children to schools, field trips and other destinations in Minneapolis and other Minnesota cities. The multimillion-dollar transportation company has more than 300 employees and recently moved to a new, larger operations center. ‘I do not believe in giving up’ The road to success hasn’t been easy, but Tufaa believes his experience shows that for those willing to work hard, anything is possible. “I do not believe in giving up,” he told VOA. Tufaa came to the U.S. as a refugee. He had been a school teacher in Ethiopia and was also active in politics. Following the fall of Ethiopia’s communist Derg regime in 1991, he helped campaign for the Oromo Liberation Front in his native Oromia region. When his party withdrew from the transitional government after a fallout with the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, Tufaa no longer felt safe in the country and decided to leave. “I was a political asylee. I didn’t like or agree with the Ethiopian government,” he said. While working his menial jobs in the U.S. he also earned his master’s degree in political science and international relations from the University of Minnesota. After obtaining the degree, he worked for the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority. https://www.nazret.com/2017/09/25/from-dishwasher-to-millionaire-ethiopian-refugee-achieves-american-dream/
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