Sara Diva came to Albuquerque as a refugee from Afghanistan in 2016 and was a participant in the RWP from 2017 to 2018. She now works as a research assistant and interpreter and is fluent in Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Farsi and English.
“In the beginning, I had no idea what a refugee was... I know now that they’re forced to flee… they don’t just flee because they want to… after working with them, I don’t really consider them refugees because I feel like that term makes people feel sorry for them more, feel sympathetic towards them when—I mean, they’re probably some of the most hardworking people I’ve ever met.”
- UNM Student-Advocate
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