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Hannah鈥疊irru鈥痟as big鈥痑spirations.鈥疶hanks to receiving the Sobey National Innovators Scholarship, she looks forward to鈥痚arning her鈥疊achelor of Commerce majoring鈥痠n鈥痚conomics with a global鈥痜ocus, and鈥痟as goals鈥痶o work as an鈥痚conomist with the鈥疘nternational Monetary Fund鈥痮r World Bank鈥痶o鈥痟elp鈥痵olve鈥痶he challenges鈥痜acing鈥痶he鈥痝lobal economy.鈥淵ou are allowing me to focus on the most important aspect of school: learning,鈥 she says. 鈥淚 hope that one day I will also be able to empower students to achieve their goals as you鈥檝e helped me.鈥濃
Hannah鈥痺orks鈥痯art-time as a鈥痵ales鈥痑ssociate at The Source鈥痑nd鈥痶utors鈥痮n weekends and evenings.鈥疶o connect with her Ethiopian culture and heritage, Hannah volunteers with鈥痶he鈥疊erhan鈥疎ducational Culture Centre teaching Amharic, Ethiopia鈥檚 official language, to three-, four-, and five-year-olds.鈥疘n鈥痟er spare鈥痶ime,鈥痵he鈥痚njoys鈥痟iking and exploring鈥痶he鈥痵treams, brooks, creeks, and鈥痮ther鈥痟idden gems鈥痮f鈥疦ova Scotia.
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