Dr. Patrick Kalenzi Co-hosts On the Air with Florenza

What happens when life gives a child every reason to surrender—and he refuses? In Tears Run Dry: A Story of Courage in the Face of Poverty, Tribalism and Racism, Dr. Patrick Kalenzi shares an extraordinary true story of survival, perseverance, and the relentless pursuit of something more. Born to Rwandese Tutsi refugee parents and raised in Uganda, Patrick's childhood was shaped by poverty, hunger, discrimination, violence, and civil war. At just fourteen years old, he was pulled into a guerrilla army. Yet even when survival itself was uncertain, he held fiercely to something he believed could change the course of his life: education. His journey would eventually carry him from the villages of Uganda to America, where the boy who once struggled simply to eat and remain in school became a veterinarian, entrepreneur, author, and international speaker. But Tears Run Dry is more than a story about overcoming impossible odds. It is a story about family, sacrifice, identity, the transformative power of education, and the people whose acts of kindness can alter the trajectory of another person's life. 🎙️ Join me for a powerful conversation with Dr. Patrick Kalenzi as we discuss the experiences behind Tears Run Dry, the grandfather who called him Rwabagabo—“courageous boy”—and how a child surrounded by reasons to give up grew into a man determined to build a different future. Some stories remind us what people have survived. Others remind us what the human spirit is capable of becoming. 🎧 Listen. Read. Ponder. Learn more about Dr. Kalenzi by listening to his TEDx Talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btxPoyzsgPw #PatrickKalenzi #TearsRunDry #Memoir #TrueStory #AuthorInterview #Resilience #Courage #Perseverance #RefugeeStories #ImmigrantStories #AfricanAuthors #Uganda #Rwanda #PowerOfEducation #OvercomingAdversity #InspirationalBooks #MemoirReads #BookRecommendations #OnTheAirWithFlorenza #ListenReadPonder