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Yusra Mardini is a Syrian Athlete who, at the age of 17 years old saved a boat full of 20 refugees including herself and her sister by swimming for three hours in the Agean Sea; pulling the boat to safety at their destination in Greece. She swam with the team of Refugees from around the world in the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Her motto: NEVER GIVE UP

"Never GIve Up"
mixed media on wood
4' x 6'
2016

photo credit: Vibe Commercial Imaging