A great story on being successful against the odds. She could have curled in a ball and collected welfare, instead she persevered and became successful. Hmmm, I thought that couldn't happen in America anymore.

Way to go Maryam. Keep strong and keep being an example of success.

A couple of interesting points in the story:

"Ghyabi was determined to seize the opportunities the United States presented. She didn’t speak the language.

“I walked around with a dictionary under my arm,” Ghyabi said. “It was a Webster’s, and it was big.”

Hmmm, really? I thought the only way to succeed in America was to cling to the language of you parents and grandparents and make the system cater to you???

"In Iran, Ghyabi told the luncheon audience, she had never known a woman to graduate from high school" then later on "That she was able to achieve a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in transportation engineering were keys in her success."

Hmmm, so in Iran she wouldn't have been able to graduate from high school but in America she earned a master's degree? I thought America was the big bad country that needs to change....

"“I knew if I did good, good would happen,” she said."

Hmmm, I thought the only way good can happen is if the government steals from the rich (like Maryam) redistribute it.

Maryam is proof that America is still the land of opportunity.