User:MiMi139/Kechi Okwuchi

Kechi Okwuchi, (born October 29, 1989) in Imo state, Nigeria, is one of the two survivors of the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crash. After undergoing over a hundred surgeries; due to the damages caused by third-degree burns to over 65 per cent of her body, she and her family moved to Texas, USA from Nigeria. She graduated from University of St. Thomas (Texas) on the 16th of May 2015. She has also recently featured on America's Got Talent, singing 'Thinking Out Loud' by Ed Sheeran and has been named Role Model of the year by the Keeping Marriage Alive Initiative "because of her amazing singing talent and unwavering determination to make a difference against all odds".

Early Life and Education
Okwuchi was born in Orlu. She attended Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja. On December 10 2005, Okwuchi was going home to Portharcourt for the holidays when she, as well as 108 other passengers were involved in the Sosoliso Airline Flight 1145. Okwuchi was one of the only two people to survive the flight. Due to the gravity of the crash, 65 percent of her body suffered from burns in the third degree, causing her to undergo over 100 surgeries, without the exception of skin grafts, in the United States. She required pins to support her hands, and couldn't return to school for the next five years. Okwuchi attended the University of St. Thomas in Texas and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BBA in Economics. She is currently pursuing an MBA in Economics at the University of St. Thomas.