For Nowrasta and her younger sister, Nastaran, the past 10 months have been filled with turmoil and uncertainty.
The two sisters, along with their father and two additional siblings, were among the thousands of citizens from Afghanistan evacuated out of the country after the Taliban regained control last August. Their mother was only recently able to join them, and efforts to bring their oldest sister over to the United States continue to this day.
That experience, along with all of the struggles that come with an unexpected transition to a new country, has led to many dark days for the family. Nowrasta and Nastaran, however, received a welcome update from NDMU this spring, when they learned that they would be the first two recipients of the school’s Afghan Refugee Scholarship.