How this Ghanaian rose from a cleaner in U.S. to the White House and now set to be a neurosurgeon

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How this Ghanaian rose from a cleaner in U.S. to the White House and now set to be a neurosurgeon

Kwadwo Sarpong arrived in the United States from Ghana in 2009. He had won a green card to come to the U.S. and was already a first-year university student in Ghana. So, his idea was to transfer to a four-year school in the U.S. straight away. But things didn't go as planned for the Ghanaian...

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