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Aminata Sy

Reading Can Transform Your Life

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The Destined Newsletter

Reading Can Transform Your Life || May 2025 || ISSUE #11

Author of the memoir Destined: A Story of Resilience and Beating the Odds

Dear Reader,

This month, I reflect on the importance of reading and how it can transform the way you see yourself and life. Why? Reading expands your world and deepens your knowledge of it, strengthens your ability to communicate, and improves your critical thinking.

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Thank you for reading. Wishing you all the best.

Keep going!

Aminata Sy

Author of Destined: A Story of Resilience and Beating the Odds

4508 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA 19139
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