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1 | PARTICIPANT | AGE (Years) | SEX | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | PROFESSION IN HOME COUNTRY | JOB TITLE IN HOME COUNTRY | YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN AFRICA | DEGREE COUNT & HIGHEST DEGREE BEFORE MIGRATING | CURRENT PROFESSION IN THE US | YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE US | FIRST/PREVIOUS JOBS IN THE US | DEGREE COUNT & HIGHEST DEGREE SINCE RELOCATION | CURRENT FEELINGS ABOUT CAREER PROGRESS/FULFILLMENT | |||||||||||||
2 | PARTICIPANT 1 | 35 | Male | Nigeria | Special Education Needs Cordinator | Special Education Needs Cordinator | 6 | 2- Master's degree | Personal Care Assistant | 3 | Minimum Wage job | Enrolled in DPT-Doctor of Physical Therapy | Underutilized, starting over, but hopeful. | |||||||||||||
3 | PARTICIPANT 2 | 74 | Male | Ghana | Chartered Accountant | Chairman, Audit Firm | 38 | 2- Master's degree | Cyber Accountant/IT Auditor | 6 | Vlounteering | None, but writing certification exams | Underutilized, facing systemic barriers, nostalgic for home | |||||||||||||
4 | PARTICIPANT 3 | 57 | Male | Nigeria | Chief Hospital Administrator | Chief Hospital Administrator | 20 | 3- Post Graduate Diploma | Program Coordinator, Disability Services | 8 | Care Giver, House Manager | 1- Masters degree in Healthcare Administration | Underutilized, limited, reflective, advocating policy reform | |||||||||||||
5 | PARTICIPANT 4 | 55 | Female | Nigeria | Lecturer | Lecturer | 10 | 2- Master's degree | PhD student | 3 | Student, limited by F-1 visa | Currently pursuing PhD | Underutilized, optimistic | |||||||||||||
6 | PARTICIPANT 5 | 34 | Female | Nigeria | Physiotherapist | Clinical physiotherapist | 1 | 1- Bachelor physical therapist | Physical therapist | 8 | Physical therapist | None | Professionally satisfied, skills maximally utilized, pragmatic about challenges | |||||||||||||
7 | PARTICIPANT 6 | 50 | Female | Nigeria | Communications, Government relations | Director of Government Communications, Presidency | 23 | 2-Masters | Caregiver, Direct Support Professional, Business owner | 3 | DSP and Side Business owner | None | Resilient, positive outlook, self driven, building a new career through entrepreneurship. | |||||||||||||
8 | PARTICIPANT 7 | 51 | Female | Nigeria | Lecturer | Lecturer | 18 | 2- Masters | Adjunct Lecturer, Administrative Assistant | 15 | Administrative Assistant, adjunct lecturer, caregiver, writing fellow | 2 - MBA and PhD | Skills underutilized, pragmatic, resilient outlook | |||||||||||||
9 | PARTICIPANT 8 | 46 | Male | Nigeria | Finance Manager IT Industry | Finance Manager | 13 | 3-Masters | Direct Support Professional | 1 | DSP | None | Skills underutilized, optimistic but still striving towards professional fulfillment | |||||||||||||
10 | PARTICIPANT 9 | 50 | Female | Nigeria | Financial Controller | Financial Controller | 18 | 1-Bachelors | Healthcare Worker | 7 | HealthCare Sector roles | None | Underutilized, practical adaptive, focused on family and gradual advancement | |||||||||||||
11 | PARTICIPANT 10 | 53 | Male | Nigeria | Accountant ( Public service) | Deputy Director of Accounts | 29 | 2- Masters | House Manager(Health care Sector) | 5 | Factory Worker, caregiver, House Manager | None | Underutilized, positive, ambitious to grow in new sector | |||||||||||||
12 | PARTICIPANT 11 | 48 | Male | Nigeria | IT(Network Engineer) | Network Engineer | 4 | 1- Bachelors | Cyber security Specialist | 15 | Cashier, State Worker, cyber security Specialist | 1- Masters degree, 10+ IT Certifications | Skills fully utilized, grateful, ambitious, growth oriented | |||||||||||||
13 | PARTICIPANT 12 | 58 | Female | Nigeria | Principal Lecturer | Principal Lecturer | 25 | 2-Masters | Direct Support Professional | 6 | DSP, CMT | None | Skills partially utilized, grateful, resilient, hopeful for future academic continuation. | |||||||||||||
14 | PARTICIPANT 13 | 68 | Male | Nigeria | Chief lecturer | Chief lecturer | 25 | 3- Masters | Security and law enforcement roles | 8 | Security Officer | None | Highly underutilized skills, pragmatic, calls for unity and collaboration among immigrants. | |||||||||||||
15 | PARTICIPANT 14 | 39 | Male | Nigeria | Administrative officer, project manager | Manager Government consultant firm | 12 | 1- Bachelors degreer | Small Business owner, Uber, Lyft driver limit | 5 | Gig economy work | Pursuing Masters degree | Skills underutilized, highly resilient, optimistic, about future | |||||||||||||
16 | PARTICIPANT 15 | 54 | Male | Nigeria | Financial Controller | Financial Controller | 22 | 3- Masters | Uber/Lyft driver | 6 | Gig economy ( Uber/Lyft #) | None | Career intentionally changed, satisfied with autonomy and flexibility | |||||||||||||
17 | PARTICIPANT 16 | 39 | Male | Nigeria | Business Consultant | Project Consultant/ Technical Business Associate | 11 | 1- Bachelors degree | Project Manager | 4 | HealthCare worker, customer service rep | 1- Masters | Skills fully utilized, highly adaptive forward looking mindset | |||||||||||||
18 | PARTICIPANT 17 | 44 | Male | Nigeria | Physician | Physician | 2 | 1- Bachelors degree | Physician, Assistant Professor, Board Certification in Anesthesiology; Fellowship in Regional and Acute Pain Medicine. | 11 | Research Assistant | 2- Board Certification in Anesthesiology; Fellowship in Regional and Acute Pain Medicine. | Skills fully utilized, highly strategic, resilient, growth oriented | |||||||||||||
19 | PARTICIPANT 18 | 54 | Male | Nigeria | Marketing and Sales Manager | Marketing and Sales Manager | 9 | 2- Masters | Community Coach | 7 | Community Support Worker | CMT certified | Highly underutilized,feels degraded, frustrated but resilient. | |||||||||||||
20 | PARTICIPANT 19 | 49 | Female | Nigeria | Accountant | Senior Accountant, Assistant Treasurer | 14 | 1- Bachelors | Accountant Supervisor | 7 | Auditor, PwC, Government Accountant | 1-Masters | Skills partially utilized, resilient, determined, optimistic | |||||||||||||
21 | PARTICIPANT 20 | 38 | Male | Nigeria | Network operations Manager | Operations Manager (Telecoms) | 11 | 1- Bachelors | Undisclosed | 2 | undisclosed 2 IT certifications | Resilient, humbled but optimistic and determined | ||||||||||||||
22 | PARTICIPANT 21 | 47 | Male | Ghana | Research Assistant | Research Assistant | 2 | 1 Bachelors degree | Health Physicist | 18 | Consulting | 2-PhD | Skills moderately utilized, resilient, deeply principled and community minded | |||||||||||||
23 | PARTICIPANT 22 | 48 | Female | Nigeria | Legal Practitioner | Private Practice Attorney | 15 | 2- Masters degree | Community Coach 3 Years | 3 | Support and care Roles | None | Deep underutilization, emotionally and professionally frustrated yet hopeful for change | |||||||||||||
24 | PARTICIPANT 23 | 28 | Female | Nigeria | Sales Manager | Business Manager | 4 | 1- Bachelors degree | Cyber security coordinator | 3 | Student Worker | 1-Masters | Skilled but restricted by immigration status, hopeful with cautious optimism | |||||||||||||
25 | PARTICIPANT 24 | 46 | Female | Nigeria | IT Project coordinator/Administrative Executive | Technical Project Manager | 7 | 1-Bachelors degree | Technical Project Manager | 14 | Pharmacy Technician, customer service rep, Business Analyst | 1 MBA+7 certifications | Fulfilled. She fought hard against under-recognition and discrimination. | |||||||||||||
26 | PARTICIPANT 25 | 47 | Male | Nigeria | Banking | Accountant | 15 | 1-Bachelors degree | Accountant | 8 | Gas station attendant, Uber/ Amazon delivery | None | Fully utilizing skills through entrepreneurship | |||||||||||||
27 | PARTICIPANT 26 | 57 | Male | Nigeria | Medical Officer | Medical Doctor | 3 | 1- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery | Clinical Quality Specialist | 25 | Private clinic worker, Health Inspector | None | Fulfilled, career trajectory upward. | |||||||||||||
28 | PARTICIPANT 27 | 29 | Male | Nigeria | Entrepreneur, Transportation, Agriculture, content writing, | Business Owner | 2 | 2- Masters | Direct Support Professional, contractual site reliability Engineer | 2 | DSP/Site Network Engr. | Enrolled in masters in data nalytics | Underutilized, | |||||||||||||
29 | PARTICIPANT 28 | 65 | Male | Nigeria | Accountant, School Proprietor | School Proprietor | 32 | 1-HND/Bachelors | Direct Support Professional | 3 | Direct Support Professional | CMT Certification | Skill Moderately Utilized | |||||||||||||
30 | PARTICIPANT 29 | 44 | Male | Nigeria | Technical writing, media, journalism | Journalist/Technical Writer | 10 | 1- Diploma | Professor and E- learning Developer Security Guard 7-Ph | 12 | Security Guard | 7- PhD | Skill fully utilized, resilient, strategic, determined and optimistic | |||||||||||||
31 | PARTICIPANT 30 | 39 | Male | Nigeria | Teacher | Elementary School Teacher | 6 | 2- Masters | Research Associate | 8 | Teaching Assistant | 1-PhD | Well Utilized, Highly fulfilled | |||||||||||||
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