CNN Hero calls Augustana College experience ‘transformational’

By: Kenda Burrows|January 12, 2023

|7 min read

Nelly Cheboi poses with Augustana College leaders after the alumna and 2022 CNN Hero of the Year delivered a lecture Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Rock Island college’s Lindberg Center. CREDIT KENDA BURROWS

“Find your ‘why.’”

That was the central piece of advice Augustana College graduate Nelly Cheboi shared with students, faculty and media during a lecture the 2022 CNN Hero of the Year gave on the Rock Island college campus Wednesday, Jan. 11.

“I got really lucky to know my ‘why’ early on,” said the founder of the growing Techlit Africa nonprofit that helped her capture…

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CNN Hero calls Augustana College experience ‘transformational’

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