Alpha Nkuranga fled her village as an eight-year-old during the Rwandan Civil War of 1994 and subsequently lived in refugee camps in Tanzania and Uganda, where she overcame the odds to graduate high school and attend university. She came to Canada as a refugee in 2010 and currently lives in Kitchener, Ontario, where she works for Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region.

“Alpha Nkuranga comes from a country where women are often forbidden to dream. As a thirteen-year-old, she entered the classroom illiterate. Her goal was so simple — just to read. Not even Alpha could have imagined how far her education would take her. Beginning in war-torn Rwanda, her harrowing journey carries her on to Uganda and, against all odds, continues in Canada. This is a spine-tingling, true story of determination and resilience that will change and inspire all who read it.”

Alpha Nkuranga fled her village as an eight-year-old during the Rwandan Civil War of 1994 and subsequently lived in refugee camps in Tanzania and Uganda, where she overcame the odds to graduate high school and attend university. She came to Canada as a refugee in 2010 and currently lives in Kitchener, Ontario, where she works for Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region.

“Alpha Nkuranga comes from a country where women are often forbidden to dream. As a thirteen-year-old, she entered the classroom illiterate. Her goal was so simple — just to read. Not even Alpha could have imagined how far her education would take her. Beginning in war-torn Rwanda, her harrowing journey carries her on to Uganda and, against all odds, continues in Canada. This is a spine-tingling, true story of determination and resilience that will change and inspire all who read it.”