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Immigrants from throughout the world settle, thrive in Lewiston-Auburn


Immigrants from throughout the world settle, thrive in Lewiston-Auburn
They are strangers in a new country, often arriving without the language skills needed for work. But Lewiston-Auburn s immigrants are finding jobs through determination, a desire to learn and help from local support groups.
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Santos Panzo of Lewiston stands at his warehouse job at Core-Mark in Gardiner. Panzo, originally from Angola where he worked as a manager on a liquid natural gas project, said he initially felt “unhire-able” until Core-Mark gave him a chance.
Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
LEWISTON Deko Diriye left a Kenyan refugee camp when she was three months pregnant. Her husband, who stayed behind, has yet to meet their now 5-year-old daughter. Last March, Diriye lost her low-pay, irregular-hours hotel housekeeping job at the start of the pandemic. ....

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Santos Panzo of Lewiston stands at his warehouse job at Core-Mark in Gardiner. Panzo, originally from Angola where he worked as a manager on a liquid natural gas project, said he initially felt “unhire-able” until Core-Mark gave him a chance.
Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
LEWISTON Deko Diriye left a Kenyan refugee camp when she was three months pregnant. Her husband, who stayed behind, has yet to meet their now 5-year-old daughter. Last March, Diriye lost her low-pay, irregular-hours hotel housekeeping job at the start of the pandemic.
Working through an employment agency, she’s landed a job earning $21 an hour at Abbott Labs enough, she hopes, to bring her husband to the states so he can meet their child and, with his help at home, Diriye can someday go to school. ....

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