One Refugee helps refugee students complete their higher education and transition into careers through academic mentoring, professional development and financial assistance.
SALT LAKE CITY — Kanchan Pokhrel has known he wanted to be a pilot since his first time on a plane at 12 years old.
"I was really scared yet very excited because I knew this was something I wanted to do," he said. "Back in Nepal, the cockpits are pretty much open and you can see pilots and what they're doing. I was very excited. I thought that's something I could do in future, but I didn't know any direction or any path I could take."
"Our graduates are now working as nurses, elementary school teachers, advocates and engineers; they're entering every industry," One Refugee executive director Raymon Burton said during the program's graduation ceremony Monday. "Every single one of these graduates today could share their own exceptional story of perseverance and determination in the face of incredible odds.
The majority of One Refugee students are first-generation students like Pokhrel — all are the first generation in their families to attend college in the U.S. Despite the obstacles facing the students, the program has an 82% graduation rate. "In Iran, the reality that I knew and accepted was that members of the Baha'i faith are not allowed in higher education institutes, not allowed to work jobs that require anything beyond a high school education, and not allowed to freely express themselves or practice their religion," Yahyapour said during a speech at the graduation ceremony.
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