Mr. EMMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate an outstanding
educator in my district. Ayan Omar of St. Cloud recently was honored as one of seven
recipients of the Outstanding Refugee award from the Minnesota
Department of Human Services. This award honors refugees or their
children who are making innovative contributions to their community,
and Ayan is well deserving of this commendation. She earned this honor
as the result of her civic leadership efforts as a language arts
teacher at St. Cloud Technical High School. But for Ayan, her work extends beyond the classroom and into the
community. She often speaks on panels or at events, and she was
recently a featured speaker at St.
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