Washington Monthly - September/October 2016 - 7 DREAMS DO COME TRUE Orubba Almansouri City College of New York Salutatorian 2016 B.A., English and History HER STORY Orubba Almansouri, in a graduation speech that moved Michelle Obama to invite her to a White House summit on women, told how she broke barriers that kept traditional Yemeni girls out of school. "What I was used to seeing as endless walls just became obstacles that I had to learn to break down or climb," Almansouri said. AWARDS Winner, Mellon Mays Fellowship Winner, Colin Powell Fellowship GOAL Master's in Near Eastern Studies, then a Ph.D. CUNY's high-quality, affordable academic opportunities make it "the American Dream Machine," in the words of the late City College alumnus and Intel Corp. founder Andrew Grove. CUNY students dream big, work hard and accomplish much, winning the most prestigious awards in the nation. In 2016, these included 10 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and 13 Fulbright Fellowships for research and teaching abroad - among many examples of the transformative value of a CUNY education. - Chancellor James B. 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