SYRACUSE N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Zacharia Mohamed is one in all many Upstate Medical college students who will cross the stage on the SRC Area Sunday, Could 7.
Born in Somalia, Mohamed spent 10 years in a refugee camp in Kenya earlier than coming to america. Arriving first in Arizona, relocating to Utica and at last settling in Syracuse.
“I didn’t know any English, I didn’t have any formal training from earlier than,” Mohamed stated. “I didn’t know find out how to write in any respect I didn’t even know my identify.”
He escaped a war-torn nation, and now he’s incomes his MD.
“I’m glad clearly, I’m additionally extraordinarily grateful as a result of I perceive how privileged I’m to be within the place I’m in,” Mohamed stated.
Mohamed’s plan as a doctor is to work with underserved communities. He’ll full his residency at Cooper College Hospital in Camden, N.J.
