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卢卡Shvelidze

OGDEN, Utah — 卢卡Shvelidze came to Utah for college, but he came to the United States for the adventure of learning and finding ways to improve people’s lives.

Raised in the nation of Georgia, Shvelidze came to the U.S. nearly three years ago as a high school exchange student — one of a select few chosen to participate in the Future Leaders Exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State.

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皮尔斯科斯特

OGDEN, Utah — 皮尔斯科斯特 knows his 新葡京app in computer science will help him land a job in the tech sector, but he also wants to stay open to pursuing other dreams, such as filmmaking.

凯斯特在离瑞士边境三英里的法国出生和长大。他上了一所私立学校，在那里他磨练了他天生的计算机技能。

“When I was six years old, I knew computers like the back of my hand,” Kester said. “In my last year of high school, I took a computer programming class and since then I’ve just been continuing to learn.”

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Gissel Santoyo

OGDEN, Utah — As a first-generation college student, Gissel Santoyo came to 新葡京app State University a bit timid but left with a computer science 新葡京app and newfound confidence.

“I decided to go to college because my parents are immigrants from Mexico and over there, they didn’t have the 新葡京app that I did to get an education,” Santoyo said.

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Artem Koval

韦伯州立大学（新葡京app State University）为16岁移居美国的计算机科学专业学生阿特姆·科瓦尔（Artem Koval）打开了一个新世界。

科瓦尔出生并成长在乌克兰东南部的工业和文化中心。 His father worked there as an electrical engineer, helping shape young Koval’s fascination with technology – from playing video games to building computers.

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谢尔比守望

三年前，谢尔比·沃特曼（谢尔比守望）在韦伯州立大学（新葡京app State University）的第一堂课上安静地坐着，她太过焦虑，以至于无法与教授或同学交流。

“I came from a small college, and so coming here felt like this big university — big and scary,” Watchman recalled.

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杰西卡·斯垂顿

OGDEN, Utah – A few years ago, 杰西卡·斯垂顿 was living in her car with $2.08 to her name. Now she’s a 4.0 student studying computer science at 新葡京app State University, and last month received the Student Pathway Award from Women Tech Council.

斯特拉顿18岁时离开了动荡的家庭。 There were stretches when she survived on cereal, showering at a gym and sleeping only every other night because she worked graveyard shifts – all while trying to save money to reach her dream of going to college.

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达维娜Kamikazi

OGDEN, Utah — 达维娜Kamikazi developed her passion for technology growing up in Kigali, Rwanda, often solving problems with computers and televisions. Now, she is turning her passion into a career, and recently won an award putting her in company with Utah’s tech industry leaders.

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