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UMich student launches app for immigrant and refugee youth

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LSA junior Felicien Sangwa launched San community, a web app aimed to provide educational resources for refugees, in November. The site aims to connect refugees to educational opportunities, scholarships and support networks in the Ann Arbor community. Sangwa immigrated to the United States from Rwanda alone when he was 16 and attended high school while living in a group home in Jackson. After earning his associate degree, Sangwa enrolled at the University of Michigan, where he joined optiMize, an organization that supports students working on self-directed projects. Sangwa pitched his web app and was selected for a $10,000 prize that has allowed him to keep working on San community. In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Sangwa said the name of the web app is a combination of his last name and the word community. “(Sangwa) means welcoming in (Kinyarwanda),” Sangwa said. “It’s a small piece of Sangwa with community, and together it means a welcoming community. So I was like, ‘Let me

LSA junior Felicien Sangwa launched San community , a web app aimed to provide educational resources for refugees, in November. The site aims to connect refugees to educational opportunities, scholarships and support networks in the Ann Arbor community. Sangwa immigrated to the United States from Rwanda alone when he was 16 and attended high school while living in a group home in Jackson. After earning his associate degree, Sangwa enrolled at the University of Michigan, where he joined optiMize , an organization that supports students working on self-directed projects. Sangwa pitched his web a

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