Sisters overcome poverty, health struggles to pursue university dreams
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August 24, 2025
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SHALIZA HASSANALI
Determined sisters Krisalan and Katelon Johnson have spent the last three years studying by candlelight and torchlight at their Sangre Grande home, overcoming poverty and numerous adversities to keep their education alive.
Today, Krisalan, 21, and Katelon, 20, are proud students at the University of T&T (UTT), pursuing a four-year Bachelor of Education programme. Their grades so far—As and Bs—have made their mother, Rhonda Cudjoe, a single parent of eight, beam with pride.
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