Anas Mustafa

Kathie Pham, 21, majoring in public relations is the first to attend college and receive education in her family.      Pham's greatest insecurity is her big smile because of her crooked teeth and braces. "I remember overhearing the dentist tell my father that his six-year-old daughter was sure to need braces in the future and ever since I've been embarrassed to smile," said Pham. The biggest accomplishment she did was saving up money for the surgery by herself because she knew her family couldn't afford it. " Knowing that my family's only source of income was welfare, I started working the moment I was able to and saved up $5000 and went to see an orthodontist to get my braces," said Pham. She didn’t learn how to drive just until a year ago because of her eye problem.  “I lost a tissue in my right eye which caused problems to my eye sight. I wasn’t able to see at all from the right side of my eye but I was able to learn how to...

Kathie Pham, 21, majoring in public relations was the first to attend college and receive education in her family.      Pham's greatest insecurity is her big smile because of her crooked teeth and braces. "I remember overhearing the dentist tell my father that his six-year-old daughter was sure to need braces in the future and ever since I've been embarrassed to smile," said Pham. The biggest accomplishment she did was saving up money for the surgery by herself because she knew her family couldn't afford it. " Knowing that my family's only source of income was welfare, I started working the moment I was able to and saved up $5000 and went to see an orthodontist to get my braces," said Pham. She didn’t learn how to drive just until a year ago because of her eye problem.  “I lost a tissue in my right eye which caused problems to my eye sight. I wasn’t able to see at all from the right side o...