Sharifur Rafique (Sharif) is a passionate gardener who lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two kids. He is a software engineer and works for the North America Tax and Accounting unit of Wolters Kluwer. Sharif has his bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics and Electronics from Dhaka University. He moved to Canada in the year 2000 where he earned his master’s degree in computer Science from The University of Western Ontario. Being away from his motherland, he feels obligated to serve the country whenever the opportunity arises. Like many of his close friends he has a dream: a poverty-free Bangladesh.