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Ubomi bukaNadya Okamoto batshintsha ngobusuku nje emva kokuba umama wakhe ephelelwe ngumsebenzi kwaye intsapho yakhe yaphelelwa yindawo xa wayeneminyaka eyi-15 kuphela. Wachitha unyaka olandelayo e-surfing kwaye ehlala ngeesutikheyisi kwaye ekugqibeleni waphelela kwindawo yokuhlala yabasetyhini.

"Ndandinobudlelwane obundlongondlongo nomfana, owayemdala kancinci kunam, kwaye ndandingamxelelanga umama," u-Okamoto uxelele I-Huffington Post. "Kwakunjalo kanye emva kokuba sifumene indlu yethu, endaziyo ukuba umama wam wasebenza nzima ukuze yenzeke kuthi. Kodwa yayilelo lixa lokuba kwindawo yokuhlala yabasetyhini yedwa, nokuva amabali abasetyhini ababebi kakhulu iimeko kunokuba bendinjalo- bendinelungelo elipheleleyo lokujonga. "

Ngaphandle kwemiceli mngeni kubomi bakhe bobuqu, u-Okamoto uqhubekile nokuhamba iiyure ezine ngosuku ukuya kwisikolo sabucala, apho wayenemfundo yokufunda. Apho waqala i-Camions of Care, i-nonprofit ekhokelwa lulutsha enikezela ngeemveliso zokuya exesheni kubasetyhini abasweleyo kwaye ibhiyozela ucoceko lokuya exesheni kwihlabathi liphela. Wakhuthazwa ngulo mbono emva kokuba ethethe nabafazi abangenamakhaya awayehamba nabo ebhasini.

Ngoku i-18, u-Okamoto uya kwiYunivesithi yaseHarvard kwaye uyaqhubeka eqhuba umbutho wakhe, enceda abafazi eUnited States nakwihlabathi jikelele. Kutshanje wenze intetho yolutsha ye-TEDx kwaye uphinde wathweswa isithsaba se-L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree kwinkampani yobuhle ye-2016 yabasetyhini ababalulekileyo.

"Siyavuya nje ukuba iqumrhu elikhulu elifana ne-L'Oréal belithathela ingqalelo into eyiqalele kuthi xa sihlangana malunga netafile yesidlo sasemini kwaye sicwangcisa kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo," utshilo u-Okamoto. "Ngoku singathi siqhuba umsebenzi wehlabathi kunye namaqabane angama-40 angenzi nzuzo, kumazwe angama-23, kumazwe ali-13, nakwizahluko ezingama-60 zeekampus kwiiyunivesithi nakwizikolo eziphakamileyo eMelika."

Ngokukrakra, le ntombazana ijikeleze #iinjongo.

Joyina iinzame zokuxhobisa kunye nenkxaso yabasetyhini abangenamakhaya ngokunikela ngeedola ezimbalwa kwiwebhusayithi yeCamions of Care. Unokuphinda unike iimveliso ezintsha zococeko zabasetyhini kunye nezingasetyenziswanga ngokudibana nombutho.

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