Micklina Peter Kenyi

Born in the village of Chukudum, South Sudan, Micklina Peter Kenyi (PolSci) was the first “lost girl” from the Kakuma Refugee Camp to flee and resettle in Colorado after bombing hit her community. Separated from her parents, she walked for weeks to the border of Kenya and was placed in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, which put her and other girls in danger of rape and violence. After her graduation, she raised funding for a school in South Sudan that will open in 2016. She has worked to bring lost girls from Sudan to the U.S.