What's Up With Me
The situation in Ukraine is terrible, and I’m desperately hoping for peace. However, the more logical risk management and decision
making side of me recognizes that outcome is very unlikely in the near-term future. The only silver lining was the great news that the US government has recently decided to do exactly what I called for in the interview: to admit a substantial number of Ukrainian refugees. That’s a meaningful step that will improve things for Ukrainians. My family was able to settle in the US as refugees when I was 10 (due to the persecution of Jews when Ukraine was still part of the Soviet Union), and I am confident we will see many hardworking and talented Ukrainians coming here in the near future.
Here is a photo of myself as a young child before my family
immigrated from what used to be the former Soviet Union, which later broke up into Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, and many other countries. Behind me, left to right, are my older sister, my dad, and my mom.
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