“I am so happy that I got this chance to study in the United States!”

Finally, meet Nino from Moscow. Nino is also YEAR Program alumna. For Nino, her year in the U.S. was, first of all, a year of study. Nino went to Alma College in Michigan. First, it was a challenge for her to communicate — she needed to ask a lot of questions. “Then I got used to it,” she said.