Her family sought asylum in the United States in 1976 .
Mustafa was born in Erbil , Iraq , in the Kurdistan region , to a Kurdish family and spent two years of her childhood in a refugee camp .
family 's family sought asylum in the United States in 1976 .
Mustafa was born in Erbil , Iraq , in the Kurdistan region , to a Kurdish family and spent two years of her childhood in a refugee camp .