that chance was very important. it changed my life. my children did not have to go through what i went through. so you then went to university in nairobi. you graduated there. then when did you come to the united states? i come to the united states in june 1999. and the year 2000, i was lucky enough to get a job in the school district where i walked since up to today. public schoolteacher? public school, yes. teaching math mostly? yes. and you re now dean of students. dean of students. there s always ways to improve any school you work in. but you must think back to the first school that you were in,