A Nigerian University of Toledo medical student has overcome more than just a serious medical condition, thanks to the kindness of strangers.
Victor Chukwueke who is headed down a path to help others, says he was treated as an outcast in Nigeria because of a condition causing large tumors to grow on his face.
“I was ostracized,” he said. “I was afraid to go out in public.”
Chukwueke’s parents sought medical help, but there was nothing the doctors in Nigeria could do for him. So his parents asked missionary nuns for help, and at 15 years old, they brought him to Michigan.
He …
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