My family immigrated from Lima, Peru to the United States before I was born to give me a shot at the American dream.

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Indian-born Manoj Bhargava chose one of the roads less traveled to the American Dream.

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But it wasn't until the 2010 installment of the Games in Vancouver that Williams, who was born and raised by his West Indian mother in Canada, was spurred on to transform his pipe dream into a reality, as another pair of underdogs took on the establishment.

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Born in Argentina, Caplan came to the United States as a legal immigrant in 1964 to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor.

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