Lauren Holt is a senior studying journalism and political science at Emerson College in Boston, MA. She is interested in human rights, the environment and politics – especially how they all intersect. Lauren spends her time at Emerson reporting and producing for the college television station, WEBN, and also enjoys a good yoga class. Lauren has held internships at ABC News and CNN. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/lauren-holt/rss en Displacement Education Mon, 05 Jun 2017 09:09:45 +0000 Lauren Holt https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/06/05/from-classroom-to-walmart-night-shift-a-syrians-battle-for-a-degree-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/06/05/from-classroom-to-walmart-night-shift-a-syrians-battle-for-a-degree-2 Zainab Abdo was once held at gunpoint on her way to take her school exams in Aleppo. Now resettled in the U.S., she is among nearly 100,000 university-qualified Syrians worldwide who have been stopped from attaining higher education. Education Integration Mon, 05 Jun 2017 09:08:38 +0000 Lauren Holt https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/06/05/from-classroom-to-walmart-night-shift-a-syrians-battle-for-a-degree https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/06/05/from-classroom-to-walmart-night-shift-a-syrians-battle-for-a-degree Zainab Abdo was once held at gunpoint on her way to take her school exams in Aleppo. Now resettled in the U.S., she is among nearly 100,000 university-qualified Syrians worldwide who have been stopped from attaining higher education.