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My mom has been there for me all my life and she means a lot me
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My grandmother, who passed away several years ago, is a loved and important influence in my life. She exemplified what it means to be a good person that cared and always stayed positive
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My older sister has always been a good sibling that helped raise me like my mom
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The apartment that my family lived in when we were in Odessa was the place where I got raised. I have many memories of living there.
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On this day I was born in Odessa, Ukraine and was given my name; Viktor Yuriyovych Gemelev
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My family moved to America from Ukraine when my mom got engaged to my American stepdad, who lived in Aurora, Colorado at the time.
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Clayton and Sam were my best friends when I lived in Colorado, and they made my life better because we always had so much fun together
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I first entered high school in Colorado where I attended Rangeview High School for my freshman year before moving. When I moved to Georgia I went to North Cobb for one year and the past two years I have been going to East Paulding High School
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My freshman year I was a part of the Track and Cross Country team for Rangeview High School, where I felt like I was part of a family and got to push myself to my best.
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This is when my family decided to move to Georgia so that they could be closer to family that we have in Kentucky
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Skills USA is the club I am part of at East Paulding High School. I am the Vice President and I help run everything that we do. Our organization focuses on work readiness in technical skills like architecture, automotive, graphic design, and cosmetology.
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Addison became my best friend when I moved to Georgia. We have a lot in common and we have fun together.
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I love to play basketball, and Mt. Tabor park is a place that I like to go to enjoy the game. I played on a team there during basketball season and I like to go there to just play freely
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Angel has been my girlfriend since February and she means a whole lot to me. Being with her makes me much happier.
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My first official job and my current job is part-time employee at NCG Cinemas in Acworth
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The NCG movie theater in Acworth is important to me not only because I work there, but it is also a place that I spend time with the people that I care about.
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My senior year I decided to dual enroll and go to Kennesaw State University
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When people find out that I'm Russian, I often have to tell my story of how I got to America and about my Russian life. I tell them how I got there (through my American stepdad) and how I speak Russian with my family
