Sara Wahedi was born in Kabul but emigrated from Afghanistan with her family to North America in 2005.
She founded the civic technology company Ehtesab in 2018 with $2,500 of her own savings and earned a bachelor’s degree in urban studies from Columbia University earlier this year.
The 29-year-old has now moved to Oxfordshire to study at the university and shared an update on X from her Matriculation Day on Saturday, October 19.
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Matriculated at Oxford University today.
I remembered our first nights as refugees in Canada, waiting in line for beds at a shelter. My mom gripped my hand.
“This is only a nightmare. When you start school, you’ll dream happy things.”
Thank you for letting me dream big, mom. pic.twitter.com/YaBOK6cQU0
— Sara Wahedi (@SaraWahedi) October 19, 2024
“Matriculated at Oxford University today,” said Miss Wahedi.
“I remembered our first nights as refugees in Canada, waiting in line for beds at a shelter.
“My mom gripped my hand [and said] ‘This is only a nightmare, when you start school, you’ll dream happy things’.
“Thank you for letting me dream big, mom.”
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