When Boniface Nwugwo
left his hometown in Eastern Nigeria in 1980 to study in America, he
had only $4600 to his name for his tuition, his faith in God and an
unquenchable thirst to succeed in America. In this revealing, inspiring
and compelling memoir, Boniface with uncompromising candor, tells his
story of courage, insurmountable struggles, and triumphs that he and
many West African immigrants faced before and after coming to America
demonstrating that you can reach your dreams if you persevere.
From modest beginnings as the son of a teacher in his native Imo State of Nigeria, Boniface Nwugwo
overcame poverty to distinguish himself as a brilliant academic and
achieve a respectable career in the information technology industry.
Through
his story and the sample stories of other West African immigrants,
America’s promise as land of immigrants with infinite possibilities are
rekindled in this self-revealing and self-fulfilling book.
About the Author:
Boniface Chibuzo Nwugwo was born on February 16, 1960 at Alaenyi Ogwa, in the Mbaitoli
Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State (part of what was the Eastern
Region) of Nigeria. Popularly known as B.C. (as his parents refer to
their children by their initials), he is the third of nine children born
to Juliana and Christian Onwezi Nwugwo.
His father, a retired elementary school headmaster, and his mother, a
retired seamstress, live part-time in the United States, and part-time
in Nigeria.
Boniface attended different elementary schools in Mbaitoli LGA due to the fact that his father as a teacher moved from school to school. He attended Obazu Community Grammar School Mbieri in Mbaitoli
LGA of Imo State, graduating in 1978. After graduation from secondary
school he spent 18 months working for First Bank of Nigeria while
waiting to gain admission into a university. After almost two years of
waiting, he travelled to America to pursue his post-secondary education
even though he did not have all the resources required to make such a
trip.
From
the second month of his freshman year at the State University of New
York at Brockport, he started working for the school’s Shipping &
Receiving Department until his graduation. He graduated from the State
University of New York at Brockport in 1984, with a B.S. in Computer
Science. He found a job in Rochester New York and continued to pursue
higher learning while working full-time, earning a Master of Public
Administration in information management systems from State University
of New York at Brockport in 1987, and a Master of Science in software
development & management from Rochester Institute of Technology in
1989.
In
1995 he relocated with his wife to the Washington DC area. He continued
to work and go to school until 2003 when he completed a PhD program in
information technology management from Capella University, Minneapolis/St Paul Minnesota. Boniface and his wife and their four children live in Maryland.
Boniface
now runs an Information Technology Consulting business he founded in
2005. Boniface is also IEEE Senior member and member of the IEEE
Computer Society and Past Chair of the IEEE Computer Society, Baltimore
Chapter. He lives in Maryland with his wife Francisca and their four
children – Brian, Allen, Jaine and Denzel.
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