You Are Amazing Like a Rocket by Jessica Martin
Author:Jessica Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 2024-07-26T16:34:13+00:00
UKRAINE
Kristina is seventeen years old and grew up in Ukraine, in a small town near the Carpathian Mountains, close to the Hungarian and Romanian borders. Her momâs family is from Hungary, and she grew up speaking Hungarian at home. When she started school, she learned Ukrainian and picked up Russian through TV, radio, and games.
We met Kristina through our work with the Rotary exchange program, though she wasnât technically an exchange student. Ten months prior to our meeting, a friend of Kristinaâs family had called to offer their home in California so that she could escape the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. When her mom asked if she wanted to go, she answered, âTo the other continent with the language that Iâm not speaking that well? Yeah, letâs do that.â She went through the arduous task of getting the right paperwork, took two long bus rides across borders, and finally flew to California.
It was an honor to speak with Kristina, who expressed herself eloquently in her fourth language.
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