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He's 17 and studying at a college in CT. First he had to escape 'explosions and total uncertainty'
Sasha Stelmakh and his mother left Kyiv, Ukraine, when the Russians invaded and made their way to the United States. Stelmach is studying at Southern Connecticut State University.
Source: courant.com