article_snippet.sent: they parents came to the U.S. for opportunities and now these four teens have these four teens in abundance.
article_snippet.sent: While they all grew up in different cities, the students are the offspring of immigrant parents who moved to America - from Bulgaria, Somalia or Nigeria.
article_snippet.sent: - say they have they parents' hard work to thank.
article_snippet.sent: The daughter of Somali immigrants who has already received a U.N. award and wants to improve education across the world .
article_snippet.sent: Star pupil: Munira Khalif, from St. Paul, Minnesota, says she has always been driven by the thought that she parents, who left Somalia during the civil war, fled to the U.S.
article_snippet.sent: The 18-year-old student, who was born and raised in Minnesota after she parents fled Somalia during the civil war, she said she was inspired to work hard because of the opportunities she family and the U.S. had given she. '
article_snippet.sent: The Nigerian student who credits his Target employee parents with his success .
highlights_snippet.sent: All have immigrant parents - from Somalia, Bulgaria or Nigeria - and say they have they parents' hard work to thank for they successes .
  