Haben Girma, both blind and deaf, is a disability rights advocate and attorney who became the first deaf and blind graduate of Harvard Law School in Massachusetts when she graduated with a Juris Doctor degree (JD) in 2013.
Girma was born on July 29, 1988, in Oakland, California to her mother, Saba Gebreyesus, who was a refugee from Eritrea. Gebreyesus fled the country in 1983 during the Eritrea War of Independence against Ethiopia. Girma’s mother and father, an Ethiopian whose name is unknown, met when both lived in Oakland.
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Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Saturday, July 29th 2023 at 9:10AM
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