Aadan came to the United States nine years ago as a refugee when he was 19. Before that, he attended school for only three years in a refugee camp and has minimal literacy skills in his own language.
He is married and has four school-aged children. He works as an attendant in a parking garage and attends ELA classes three mornings a week.
Due to his limited literacy skills, he has been placed in a beginning-level ELA class.
At the same time, he has strong oral skills and is quite confident communicating with teachers and people in his community.
His dream is to one day get a high school equivalency.