Child Refugee Escapes War In Africa To Graduate UNC Charlotte
Celestin Gasirabo ‘22 lived most of his life with no place to call home. Without the luxury of having his own bedroom, house, street – or even country, Gasirabo refused to succumb to the adverse landscape that defined his childhood. Armed with little more than determination, strength and the clothes on his back, Gasirabo transformed the life of a five-year-old African refugee into a UNC Charlotte graduate.