As post-secondary educational institutions in southwestern Ontario hold their spring convocation ceremonies, one student is celebrating a particularly significant achievement.

At just 19 years old, Richard Nonso has graduated from the University of Windsor with an honours degree in computer science and a gold medallion in the university's LEAD Medallion Scholars Program, which honours leadership, engagement, research and internship and co-op work outside the classroom.

He enrolled in the university when he was 15 after emigrating to Canada from Nigeria with his family.

"It feels great," he told Amy Dodge on CBC's .

"I'm very excited to finally walk across the stage. There's been a lot of sacrifice and effort and support from people around me like my dad, my mom, friends, family. So I f

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