Meet the Cameroon immigrant, father of 5 who graduated from UT Dallas


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Tchinda (right) a student of Texas University in Dallas and his teammate Austin Hylden (left) stand in front of his team project, DormPods: Smart Load Carrier, during their team presentation at the UTDesign Capstone Program Expo, at the university. Photo: Chitose Suzuki/Dallas Morning News/TNS

Jean Tchinda was told that pursuing an electrical engineering degree was too difficult – especially for an immigrant whose first language is not English.

Growing up in Cameroon, his dream was to become a doctor. But his family couldn’t afford to send him to medical school.

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