Maumee Valley Country Day School was the setting Wednesday when 52 area residents from 29 countries took the oath to become American citizens.
The new Americans, listed by their home countries, are:
Australia — Donna Jane Vilela
Brazil — Gesse Marcos Liberato, Andrew Saleh
Cameroon — Richard Sungkekang Mbatu
Canada — Wael El Zeeb, Christine Elizabeth Perry, Pooja Sharma
Colombia — Jenny Esperanza Cubillos Averill, Maryoris Miranda Rios
Congo — Safari Fidele Lufungulo
Costa Rica — Marcela Cruz
Egypt — Mariam Mina, Kamal Nader Tadros Yoakim
Germany — Barbara Helene Somerlot
Ghana — Tracy Mensah Bonsu
Iraq — Abdullah Rahim Al Saedy, Harith Jalil Estifan, Ala Abdul Hamid Said
Ireland — Mary Patricia Heinz
Jordan — Feryal Ali Mohammad Alkhatib, Najwa Abdullateef Amro, Rasha Jaser Gammoh, Sana Rebhi Khrawesh
Kazakhstan — Nazymgul Mahsutovna Evans
Lebanon — Haitham Nadim Najdi, Sirine Shoukair
Macedonia — Ljupco Stefanovski
Mexico — Josefina Castillo De Anda, Ramon Porras Rodriguez
Morocco — Fatima Zahra Gabora
Pakistan — Sonia Taimur Butt, Beenish Durrani, Shoaib Mujtaba
People’s Republic of China — Jinmei Zou
Philippines — Leny Dangculos Dubois, Florida Lipon Gehrlich, Adela De Guzman Mata, Alfredo Vianzon Umali
Poland — Lidia Bosek Ebersole, Krzysztof Kardzis
Russia — Dina Raissovna Rohrs
South Korea — Yong Im Leugers
Syria — Fadi Sawas
Taiwan — Rebekah Szufang Chang, Ruth Hsin Chang, Tony Chungming Chang
Trinidad and Tobago — Sharon Annisa Ali, Wainwright Anthony Jaggernauth
United Kingdom — Bijesh Pravin Kanani
Vietnam — Linh Phuong Thi Doan, Louis Tho Hang, Joyce Tuyet Thanh Luu Nguyen