Born in adi wahla ethiopia on september 29 1971 or mawi asgedom for short is an author public speaker and a refugee of ethiopian and eritrean origin.

Mawi asgedom family pictures. Of beetles and angels by mawi asgedom is the true story about selamawi haileab asgedom or mawis as he journeys from a refugee camp in sudan to america where he is eventually accepted to harvard. Mawi speaks primarily at conferences and at district wide professional development gatherings. His immigrant family struggled to survive financially and beyond. He was failing in school and perhaps life.

Accessed memorial page for tewolde asgedom 5 mar 1975 19 dec 1992 find a grave memorial no. Antother move after only two weeks in america the family moved once again to. Mawi asgedom selamawi haileab asgedom traveled with his family to a refugee camp in umsagata at the age of three. 19895101 citing pleasant hill cemetery wheaton dupage county illinois usa.

Nov 21 2016 coming to america now joined by selamawi s half sister mulu the family left for america to the city of chicago in 1983. World relief was the group that helped get them there. What asgedom family records will you find share. Search 1940 s us census records for asgedom.

Mawi was born in ethiopia. Mawi asgedom has inspired millions of students worldwide with his leadership insights and personal story. There are 3 000 census records available for the last name asgedom. By the eighth grade asgedom had reached a crisis point.

Instead of giving up he found strength in his struggles and successfully. At the age of 6 mawi asgedom arrived in the united states after three years in a sudan refugee camp and an earlier escape from civil war in his home country of ethiopia. Like a window into their day to day life asgedom census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked their level of education veteran status and more. For about two years of his childhood he was separated from his father halieab when he had to flee to sudan to avoid the war.

As a young boy mawi is taken on a dangerous trek through the desert to reach a refugee camp in sudan. Eventually his family arrives in chicago with the help of the world relief christian. Find out why oprah winfrey calls him amazing and harvard magazine calls him magnetic request a talk with mawi today. Biography of mawi asgedom founder and ceo mawi learning in 1983 after escaping a civil war in ethiopia and surviving for three years in a refugee camp mawi and his family were resettled in an illinois suburb.

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