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Khadija Ali on Language Access, Innovation & Immigrant Empowerment | Global Language Connections

In this inspiring video, we explore the extraordinary journey of Khadija Ali, a Somali refugee turned award-winning entrepreneur, and how she is reshaping the future of language access and cultural inclusion. As the founder and CEO of Global Language Connections (GLC) in Minneapolis, Ali has led groundbreaking efforts to connect people across linguistic and cultural divides—especially in healthcare, education, legal, and government services. After fleeing war-torn Somalia and arriving in the U.S. in 1996, Khadija became her family’s interpreter. That early experience—especially witnessing a misdiagnosis due to language barriers—inspired her life’s work. She went on to build two successful language companies, with her first growing to over 900 interpreters and 100+ languages. Her second, GLC, was founded in 2015 with a mission to go beyond translation—embedding creativity, community partnerships, and cultural competence into every client interaction. #LanguageAccess #ImmigrantVoices #KhadijaAli #CulturalInclusion #GlobalLanguageConnections