Dallas Morning News: ‘Everything is possible’

January 30, 2024

Jean Tchinda was told that pursuing an electrical engineering degree was too difficult — especially for an immigrant whose first language is not English.

Growing up in Cameroon, his dream was to become a doctor. But his family couldn’t afford to send him to medical school. He ended up getting an online certificate in electromechanical engineering, which allowed him to find employment.

He couldn’t have expected that, decades later, he would go to college and become an engineer in the United States. Read the story.