"We all wanted a bright future and education."

"We all wanted a bright future and education."

Upwardly Global helps Afghan scholar build connections for a brighter future Mimla was part of a new generation of Afghan women receiving a college education. She had earned a U.S. Embassy scholarship to study at the American University of Afghanistan. But while attending a lecture in August of 2021, Mimla’s dreams shattered as the Taliban seized control of her country. “Our professor told us to look out the window — the country had collapsed,” …