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After early years of walking two miles every morning to fetch water for my sisters and I to bathe for school, I was fortunate enough to migrate to America with my family. I dedicated myself to my studies in my early years while braving the new world of 1980's New York. I would eventually attend Howard University and later secure my MBA. However, I always wrote and viewed the world on a macro scale through a spiritual lense.

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