Everyone has challenges to overcome while pursuing their career. It's rare that anything worth pursuing comes easily. But Faiza Sultan may be a bit more familiar with facing hardship than most. Arriving in America as a refugee with almost nothing to her name, she quickly established herself as a hardworking and reliable linguist, which set the foundation for a career of impressive achievements. Through it all, she never lost touch with her roots or the love of literature and art that attracted her to language in the first place. We go over it all in our conversation with Faiza, so let's get right to it.