Coming to America

Dear Friends and Colleagues!

When Ukraine was invaded, my sister and her family

were forced to abandon their home to escape the bombings. Like many other

families, they traveled from place to place looking for shelter. Their journey

started in Donetsk, then they traveled to Mariupol, followed by Dnipro, and

then Ternopil.

For months, I tried to find a way to bring them to America and offer my three-and-a-half-year-old niece - Yaroslava a shot at a better future. I cannot be more excited to share that they are finally coming here, through United for Ukraine

program. My sister is arriving here next week - June 15th!

Unfortunatley, my sister is coming here just with her daugher. Under the

Martial law, her significant other cannot leave Ukraine. Her trip to America will start later this week with crossing the border over to Poland, flying from

Krakow to Amsterdam and then arriving in Salt Lake.

In an effort to help them get settled in the U.S. and support immediate

expenses like daycare, filing for employment authorization, obtaining a

drivers license, and many others expenses- I put together this Go Fund Me campaign and Target Wish List. They are coming to America with two suitcases

of clothing, the rest was left behind in Donetsk when they fled.

No amount is too smalland will go a long way to help my sister Lisa and her

daughter - Yaroslava. Thank you so much for your support!