Dallas Proud

Carrollton, TX Main Post Office Lead Retail Associate Roman Hailemariam (above) has a heartwarming story on achieving the American dream.  In 1999, she was living in Ethiopia and won a diversity lotto to come to the United States.  Hailemariam arrived in Atlanta to a family friend in March of 2000.  She got her first job at a gas station and then got a second job at a smoothie company.  In 2001, she met her husband who worked for the Post Office and moved to Dallas.  Hailemariam received her citizenship in 2008 and they moved to Louisiana in 2011, when she applied for a job as a clerk.  Hailemariam came back to Dallas in 2013 and worked at the Northaven Station before transferring to the Carrollton Main Post Office where she has been giving exceptional customer service to the people of Carrollton on a daily basis.  She remarked, “I love my job and I love America.  Working here gave me a great deal of experience and I want to move up the ladder.  This is the best country in the world.  You can do anything and be anyone here.  It changed my life for the better.”