At nearly 50, Dr. Mouhab Rizkallah is a husband and father who runs a successful orthodontic practice out of Sommerville, Massachusetts. He also happens to be forging a legacy as a tenacious advocate for the less fortunate, and a steward, willing to stand up to corrupt institutions, and enact change through democratic government policy.
Before Dr. Rizkallah was fighting for children from financially troubled backgrounds to receive proper dental care, he was a kid growing up in Port Jervis, whose family ran a unique business. “First of all, I am an immigrant.” Rizkallah said in an interview. “I came to this country at six months old. And I had two parents who came here with no money in their pocket.” Following the family’s decision to leave their native Egypt and move to the U.S., Rizkallah’s father, a mechanical engineer by trade, found work at Picatinny Arsenal, an American military research and manufacturing facility in New Jersey…
Source: Pike County Courier