A St. Cloud teacher was among seven honorees to receive an Outstanding Refugee award from the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
Ayan Omar, a graduate of St. Cloud State and current graduate student, received a civic leadership award, which recognizes refugees or their children who are outstanding leaders in their community.
She was recently one of four speakers at the first TEDx St. Cloud, talking about interpersonal communication, using examples from her life, including her mother, also a refugee of Somalia.
She was also named as a ChangeMaker by the St. Cloud Times and St. Cloud Federal Credit Union in June.
