ABSTRACT
Marwa Adina is a first-generation Moroccan-American undergraduate college student at Rutgers University. Born into a Moroccan family in the Ivory Coast in 1997, she was only three years old when her family left the Ivory Coast to the United States of America, due to the Ivorian coup d'etat that took place in 1999. Soon after, Marwa and her family found refuge in the US, where she has encountered many challenges in maintaining her religious, socio-cultural and linguistic identity. Along with her academic career, Marwa is in pursuit to inspire lives and promote peace, love and unity through her poetry. In 2016, she was chosen by HerCampus as their 22 under-22 most inspiring women in college. From the Ivory Coast to the coast of New Jersey, this is her story.
