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2009 Top 40 Under 40: Dafiq Rasheed

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Technology Instructor, Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City

Dafiq is a graduate of Atlantic City High School and a current freshman at Rutgers University in Camden. He is studying to become a high school history teacher. As the technology instructor at the Boys and Girls Club in Atlantic City, he teaches children technology, emphasizing life skills, mathematics and the arts. During the fall, Dafiq volunteered for the Barack Obama campaign and recently served on the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Inaugural Gala Committee. He has been the recipient of various awards and scholarships for his advocacy and service within the community including the United Way G.I.V.E. Award, an Assembly Resolution, and the Fannie Lou Hamer Ordinary People/Extraordinary Deeds Award. Dafiq has been an influential voice and a prominent role model for the youth in Atlantic City and is also a candidate for one of the City Council at-Large seats in Atlantic City.

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