Mariia Shevchenko Dreams Big Despite Wartime Challenges

Name: Mariia Shevchenko

Country: Ukraine

When war came to Mariia’s hometown of Kyiv, Ukraine, her family was in Romania. Ironically, they were due to fly home the same day the war started, but because the sky was closed, their flight was cancelled. Her family would remain in Romania for nearly a year. Mariia suddenly found herself in a new reality in which she “had to replan everything.

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