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Immigrants, refugees in Minnesota increasingly filling critical direct care jobs
7 Aug 2023
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Six years ago, Rangineh Kalhor moved to Minnesota from Iran. She came to be near her daughter, who was pursuing an astrophysics degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Kalhor herself has a joint degree in physics and math. She applied for graduate school at UMD. But she didn't get in.
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