The Students

  • Dr. Franklin Nouketcha from Cameroon

    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. 

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  • Taqi Daryabi from Afghanistan

    Taqi Daryabi is originally from Ghazni, Afghanistan, and now lives in Silver Spring, MD.  He moved to the United States in 2021.  He speaks Dari (Persian) and English. He was a student at MC in the spring of 2022. 

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  • Uyen Phuong Nguyen from Vietnam

    Uyen Phuong Nguyen was born in the village of Hamtri in Vietnam and now lives in College Park, Maryland.  She speaks Vietnamese and English. She was a student at MC in 2018.

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  • Kyaw (“Matrix”) Zin Thu from Myanmar

    Kyaw (“Matrix:”) Zin Thu was born in 1999 in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly known as Rangoon, Burma) and now lives with his aunt and uncle in Brookeville, Maryland.  He speaks Burmese and English.  He moved to the United States in August of 2022. He studied engineering for four years in his home country. He has been…

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  • Phi Nagpala from the Philippines

    Phi Nagpala is originally from Las Piñas City, Philippines, and now lives in Germantown, Maryland. She speaks Tagalog and English. She has been a student at MC since 2021. 

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  • Mouna Ezzat Agha from Syria

    Mouna Ezzat Agha was born in Aleppo , Syria and now lives with her husband and two children in Columbia, Maryland.  She moved to the United States in 2013. She speaks Arabic and English. She started studying at MC in 2015 and is now a student at Howard Community College .

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  • Sophia from Venezuela

    “Sophia,” which is a pseudonym to protect her identity, was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She grew up in the village of Cua, Venezuela and moved at the age of 14 to Caracas to attend high school.  She moved to the United States in 2016 and now lives with her husband and dog in Silver Spring,…

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