Imagine you had to start all over. None of your academic accomplishments mattered, not your high school diploma, not your bachelor’s degree, not even your nursing certification. Imagine that those grueling years you spent working on papers, projects and exams, were for nothing―at least nothing you could use toward the career you have always wanted.

Some people don’t have the luxury of just imagining this nightmare. For many of the Nigerian immigrants who come to this country looking for a better, more fulfilling future, this nightmare is their reality. Some of them come to escape sociopolitical turbulence, while others literally won the lottery—the visa lottery.