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September 9, 2019

Untapped Talent: From winning the Green Card lottery to feeling lost

By Nzar Sharif, Contributor

In the second installment of The Citizen’s “Untapped Talent” series, Ako Talabani tells his story of winning the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program lottery only to find his advanced degrees from Iraq don’t translate into professional careers in the U.S.

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