From let, Nahom Ogbazghi, Riverdale's Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship recepient, and the school's valedictorian, Tiffany Pham, have learned valuable lessons for college success by assuming family need responsibilities.
From let, Nahom Ogbazghi, Riverdale's Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship recepient, and the school's valedictorian, Tiffany Pham, have learned valuable lessons for college success by assuming family need responsibilities.
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Riverdale duo learned valuable lessons under tough situations
by Bill Baldowski
May 22, 2013 01:26 PM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
If persistence, hard work, dedication and time management are the keys to success, than Riverdale valedictorian Tiffany Pham and the school’s Bill Gates Millennium scholarship recipient, Nahom Ogbazghi, have already mastered them and are looking forward to applying those qualities to their college studies. These personal skills were learned the hard way for Pham and Ogbazghi because they were needed due to family circumstances and obligations that were pretty much thrust upon them. ...
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