On December 6, CIANA’s ESL student Nadia Benourab passed her citizenship test. A client of CIANA since the beginning of 2019, Nadia was nerv

Salima Shairzadeh (center, floral shirt) surrounded by CIANA clients, staff, and volunteers. Photo: Lena Gran. On November 11, CIANA...

When it came time to wait for her green card, Mervat Wahba could deal with her life being on hold, as difficult as that was. The worst part

Zahra Rassouli, one of CIANA's civics and ESL students, didn't pass the speaking exam on her citizenship test the first time around.

Khakpour has been attending its ESL and Civics classes since January 2018, and was very confident going into the exam that he would pass.