Immigrant grad honored by EdCC
Published 1:30 am Saturday, February 25, 2017
The Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees awarded alumna Yasmin Dunn with its 2016 Transforming Lives award.
The award is given annually to a student whose life was transformed by attending EdCC and who also overcame significant barriers to achieve his or her educational goals.
Dunn, 20, immigrated to the United States as a high school student. She excelled academically and was accepted to the University of Washington,Washington State University and Seattle Pacific University. However, her parents used all of their savings to move to the U.S. and could not afford tosend her to a school that would cost $20,000 per year or more.
“It was heartbreaking to be unable to attend a four-year university, and my situation weighed heavy on me,” Dunn said, “but my desire and dream of becoming a biochemist far outweighed the setbacks.”
Dunn ended up at EdCC. She graduated in 2016 with an associate in science degree in chemistry. She is now studying biochemistry at the UW.
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