30 SEPTEMBER 2013
Ambassador John Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, the newly elected president of the U.N. General Assembly, is familiar with overcoming barriers to opportunity and is determined to make a difference for those growing up in in poverty.
He was one of seven children born to parents who didn't complete high school. He grew up the grandchild of a man who signed his name with an X and the son of a woman who was a descendant of slave plantation owners on the island of Barbados.
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Source: Al Jazeera America