This article by Sana Shamsher Satti appeared in the Summer 2008 edition of YOUth magazine. Satti participated in a job skills training program supported by the Education & Employment Alliance. In this article, she describes the many challenges she faced growing up in the small town of Muree outside of Islamabad, Pakistan.
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