So he began as a dishwasher at the Hilton Hotel,
earning $5.65 an hour. Eventually, he held as many as
three jobs at once, including ones at manufacturing
companies and another as a security guard.
The small paychecks of those days are long gone for
Tufaa, who is now president of a successful bus
company.


Each day, Metropolitan Transportation Network carries
more than 15,000 children to schools, field trips and
other destinations in Minneapolis and other Minnesota
cities. The multimillion-dollar transportation company
has more than 300 employees and recently moved to a
new, larger operations center.


‘I do not believe in giving up’



The road to success hasn’t been easy, but Tufaa
believes his experience shows that for those willing to
work hard, anything is possible.
“I do not believe in giving up,” he told VOA.
Tufaa came to the U.S. as a refugee. He had been a
school teacher in Ethiopia and was also active in
politics. Following the fall of Ethiopia’s communist
Derg regime in 1991, he helped campaign for the
Oromo Liberation Front in his native Oromia region.
When his party withdrew from the transitional
government after a fallout with the ruling Ethiopian
People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, Tufaa no
longer felt safe in the country and decided to leave.
“I was a political asylee. I didn’t like or agree with the
Ethiopian government,” he said.



While working his menial jobs in the U.S. he also
earned his master’s degree in political science and
international relations from the University of
Minnesota. After obtaining the degree, he worked for
the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority.





https://www.nazret.com/2017/09/25/from-dishwasher-to-millionaire-ethiopian-refugee-achieves-american-dream/