My mother has always instilled in us that we should carry ourselves with dignity despite the horror that came with the civil war. She also taught us that where you come from is very important because that's what makes you who you are. So for me, whatever I've gone through had profoundly shaped me; it has given me strength and unwavering faith.

It was the most exciting thing to leave secondary school and go to college, to have that freedom to study whatever I wanted.

I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years to get over that.

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