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Somali Refugees in San Diego Prep for College, Break Cultural Norms

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Young men and women all over California are beginning to pack up their childhood bedrooms to head off to college. But for many Somali refugee girls in the immigrant San Diego neighborhood of City Heights, they're breaking ties with more than just the comforts of home. They're breaking cultural norms. We look at a rapid cultural shift that has Somali girls outpacing their male counterparts.

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