Dr. Amie Fornah Sankoh has a lot to celebrate after becoming the first deaf Black woman to receive a Stem doctorate, according to Yahoo News.
Born in Sierra Leone, Sankoh lost her hearing at the age of three. As a struggling elementary school student, he father sent her to the US to explore options to help cure her hearing.
“My father sent me to live with his best friend in America, who adopted me,” she told Chemistry World. “Doctors in the US could not cure my deafness, but I was able to join the deaf community where I learned American Sign Language [ASL] over the next few years.”
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