# @ncstate on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CmPvv-XA6_R
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3668826-ncstate-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1257b8e766.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-12-16T22:45:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NC State University (@NCState) — https://gondola.cc/NCState

## Caption

“Take the leap. Apply for NASA. Write the book. You are ready.” 🐺🎓

Maab Aldulimy transferred to NC State to be an engineer, but an emergency trip home to Iraq during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic led her to switch gears.

Support from @goodnightncsu helped her navigate a new path to reach her goals, and this weekend she hopes to inspire her fellow #NCState22 graduates as the student commencement speaker. 👏

🔗 Click the link in our bio to take a look back — and forward — with four first-generation college graduates.

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- **Likes:** 3,089
- **Shares:** 87
- **Comments:** 21

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