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Marwah Ismail is a first-generation college student. The Somali-American is graduating from Emory University with honors in religion and Italian studies on a pre-law track. (Photo credit: Marwah Ismail)

Marwah Ismail has a testimony.

She’s a first-generation Somali-American who will soon graduate from Emory University with honors in religion and Italian studies on a pre-law track.

Over the past four years, Ismail had many experiences, including attending virtual classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, studying abroad in Italy, and interning with U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s Minneapolis district office.