Ukrainian refugees who escaped the war and fled to the Houston area are now preparing to head to Iowa for the next chapter of their lives.
Adel escaped Ukraine in February with her 14-year-old brother, Maxim, and her now husband, Michael. The three fled to Cypress, TX to live with Melanie Vitovsky and her family. It's a place Adel once called home as a foreign exchange student five years ago.
The three have now packed all their belongings into bags and boxes again, as Adel heads to Iowa to finish her last year of college. The last four months in Cypress have been a whirlwind of getting accustomed to American culture, Houston heat, and heaps of paperwork. "I just want to go to Ukraine and be a journalist there. I'm ready to leave right now. It's so crazy that it’s already been six months and we don’t see the end of it," Adel said.
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