In a packed auditorium at Austin Community College’s Eastview Campus, Suha Kavakli addressed students being inducted into the National Adult Education Honor Society.
Kavakli was inducted last year and had a simple message for her fellow students: “I will pursue my future with determination.”
Kavakli is no stranger to determination. In 2010, when she was 17, Kavakli moved from Iraq to Austin as a Palestinian refugee, with no high school diploma in tow. Schooling wasn’t so easy for her in Texas, either.
