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Abraham Deng Ater
Abraham Deng Ater was born in Duk, South Sudan, between 1976 and 1979. He immigrated to the United States in 2001 after spending fourteen years of immeasurable suffering in refugee...view moreAbraham Deng Ater was born in Duk, South Sudan, between 1976 and 1979. He immigrated to the United States in 2001 after spending fourteen years of immeasurable suffering in refugee camps in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Kenya. He attended the University of Arizona and obtained his Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Master of Public Health in 2006 and 2010 respectively. In 2007, he along with his friends started a nonprofit organization to build a school in his native homeland. In 2012, he started a two-year graduate fellowship with Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, along with his wife and son.view less