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Success becomes useful when it is passed on

Ruqaiya Rahman turns an uneven university journey into support for the students who come after her.

Ruqaiya Rahman reflects on finding support and building it for others.
AlumniRuqaiya Rahman reflects on finding support and building it for others.Photo: University of Toronto Alumni / official source image

Ruqaiya Rahman’s story is about finding a route through university that did not exist in a neat line. Setbacks became information; support became something she could later offer to someone else.

That is one of the quiet forms of alumni impact. A person does not have to leave campus with a perfect narrative. Sometimes the most valuable thing to carry forward is a map of the difficult parts.

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  1. Original reporting · alumni.utoronto.ca
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