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If Shixin Huang鈥檚 parents had decided to remain in Guangdong, China, where she was born, she would have taken a standardized test in the sixth grade that would have determined whether she would have the chance to go to college, could go to technical school, or would go straight into the workforce.鈥
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Nicole Dunn has had a tough go of it in her 37 years. She has struggled to come to terms with her transgender identity, has overcome depression, and is in recovery from alcoholism. And while her outlet has always been music 鈥 she has toured with several successful bands 鈥 the pandemic put a hold on鈥
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When Uganda-born Geofrey Ssebugwawo decided to seek asylum in the United States, all he wanted was safety. 鈥淚 grew up knowing that America respects and protects human rights,鈥 he said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why I wanted to come here.鈥 While his journey to America, and to Vermont, was a long and arduous one 鈥 and鈥
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