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🇮🇳 India → 🇺🇸 USA
CCI Scholar 2021-22
How One Exchange Program Changed Sukhmani's Life
From the Narrow Lanes of Delhi to the United States. For many young people growing up in underserved communities, studying abroad feels like an impossible dream.
— Sukhmani
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