‘Clark has been more than just a college for me’: College association vice president moved with family from Afghanistan in 2021

An August 2021 phone call about a U.S. visa left Beheshta Eqbali and her family with only a few hours to decide whether to leave their home in Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover. Their flight was the next day.

Eqbali’s mom pushed for them to leave, she said, so her kids could have a future. Tags Clark College Clark County West Vancouver