Mawi Asgedom Biography

Mawi Asgedom has trained leaders at The Harvard School of Education The Midwest Principals Center and numerous international conferences. As a child Mawi fled civil war in Ethiopia and survived a Sudanese refugee camp for three years. After being resettled in The United States he overcame poverty language barriers and personal tragedy to graduate from Harvard University where he gave the Commencement address to an audience of 30000. Through his organization Mental Karate Mawi trains educators to unlock student achievement. His bestselling memoir Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard has been read as a one-book one-community reading selection by hundreds of schools and communities including the cities of Philadelphia and Green Bay. His teen-success guides The Code Win the Inner Battle and Nothing is Impossible have also been used in thousands of classrooms. Citing the impact of his work The Illinois Association of Teachers of English named Mawi the 2006 Illinois Author of the Year.

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