Dr. Franklin L. Nouketcha is originally from Bangangte, Cameroon and now lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. He moved to the United States in 2007 and was a student at MC from 2008 to 2011. He speaks English and French. After earning an associate degree at Montgomery College, he continued his education at the University of Maryland, College Park and recently earned his doctorate degree in electrical engineering. Today Franklin works as a researcher for the Department of Defense. In his spare time, Franklin enjoys visiting new places in the United States.
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The house in which Franklin was born in Bangangte, Cameroon. The two seated children in the picture are likely Franklin’s brother, Lionel, and Franklin. The man in the orange shirt is likely Franklin’s father, and the man with the white shirt is a visitor. The picture was taken in the early 1990s. 
Franklin in front of the White House in his early years in the United States. 
An early picture of Franklin with his father. 
The oldest picture of Franklin. 
A picture of Franklin on his first trip back to Bangangte, Cameroon, in 2015. The Catholic church he attended is far behind him, hidden in the trees. 
A picture of Franklin in the Shenandoah Valley during one of his numerous sightseeing trips in the U.S. 
A picture of Franklin on the ruin of his father’s house (where he spent his childhood from 1989 to 2004) on his visit to Cameroon in 2015. 
Franklin and his parents shortly after his doctoral defense at the University of Maryland, College Park, in July of 2022. 
A picture of Franklin and his twelve-grade classmates during a class party in 2007. It was also the year when he passed the baccalaureate exam. 
Franklin in 2002 while attending College Tchougo in Bangangte, Cameroon.
History in the Making 