#27 Julia Akilimali- Ruwandan, Job Corps, IT, Paralyzed
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Julia Akilimali grew up in Maryland with her three brothers and seven sisters. Her dad was Ruwandan and emigrated to America as a refugee from Congo during the war.
She attended Job Corps in Astoria and received a degree in IT, then continued on to study at Clatsop Community College. Her next step is to pursue a psychology degree where she can marry IT with it to create adaptive technology.
She works at a memory care in Warrenton.
When she was 17, she was in a severe car accident which left her paralyzed from the neck down.