For ten years of her childhood, Juliane Lukambo lived with her family in a refugee camp in Uganda. Now, Lukambo is graduating at the top of her class at Columbus City Schools high school. She’s also won $240,000 in scholarships. Juliane Lukambo’s family was forced to flee their home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, due to the ongoing war. She spent her early years in Uganda before moving to the United States with her family. Uganda is home to over 1.4 million refugees. Many of them are children. Photo credit: Columbus City Schools A Difficult Adjustment Lukambo’s first few years in the United States were tough as she had to adjust to a whole new culture. “It was hard in the beginning just getting used to the language and the students,” she said in a news release from her school. “You are just thrown out there, and you have to learn to adjust to that all by yourself.” According to her statement to school district officials, Lukambo started school as a fifth-grade