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    {"id":16867,"date":"2023-02-09T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/?p=16867"},"modified":"2023-05-09T21:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T21:16:39","slug":"graduate-spotlight-miss-ukraine-california-takes-a-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/graduate-spotlight-miss-ukraine-california-takes-a-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad Spotlight: Miss Ukraine California Takes a Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='hr av-1khe3cz-1bd20d3d8ad65c88f7701bd580fe6d61 hr-default  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  av-small-hide av-mini-hide'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-16i28jn-94756351afd8f9613471103d64a8345c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldxei3gp-521b78b0b4ab982abf273237472f636b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldxei3gp-521b78b0b4ab982abf273237472f636b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldxei3gp-521b78b0b4ab982abf273237472f636b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-16870 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-16870 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Daria-Wire-01.png\" alt='Decorative' title='Daria Wire-01'  height=\"360\" width=\"540\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Daria-Wire-01.png 540w, https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Daria-Wire-01-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-l1bqhv-c608711d4c1b550b688f761d6219dc73 hr-default  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock  av-small-hide av-mini-hide'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldxej5vt-b1c5cd69a408e964be900e27554b5efc'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5601cd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5601cd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #002d72;\">Grad Spotlight: Miss Ukraine California Takes a Stand<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df0b926 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df0b926\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div class='flex_column av-s2u3vn-59d7662ca1a71c8b7fb58b95da8ac214 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div column-top-margin'   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldxekry9-401d78db907396783685e6d8471ace85'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u201cPageants never really interested me,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Daria-PDF.pdf\">Daria Avtukh<\/a>, winner of the 2023 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missukrainecalifornia.com\/2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miss Ukraine California Pageant<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. A full time community college student and an early graduate of the Visions In Education Class of 2020, she was at first a little hesitant to participate in the Miss Ukraine California pageant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the organizers of the pageant reached out to me and said that they got a recommendation from someone to invite me as a possible candidate,\u201d says Daria. \u201cThe determinative moment was when my mom (my best friend and biggest supporter) strongly advised me to participate, after I told her about the invitation that I received. I thought that it would be a great opportunity to draw more attention to my country and the current situation there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even as a Visions student, Daria was driven to pursue her personal goals. Looking for a way to\u00a0<strong>graduate high school early <\/strong>and move on to the next phase of her life, Daria came to Visions in 2019 where she found support in her teacher, Julie Szukalski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy relationship with my teacher was great and full of mutual respect and support,\u201d says Daria. \u201cI was\u00a0<i>so\u00a0<\/i>lucky to have her as my teacher and I\u2019m immensely grateful for all of her feedback, care, and support that she\u2019s given me throughout my days at Visions. Years after my graduation, we\u2019re still supporting each other in our both little and big life celebrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Visions, Daria was able to\u00a0<strong>get her high school work done while also balancing her hobbies and <a href=\"https:\/\/crodev.site\/viedu_dev\/work-during-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">work\u00a0as a dance instructor<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>Taking the Stage, Taking a Stand<\/h4>\n<p>After graduating Visions in 2020, Daria has attended community college with the intent to transfer to a university in Fall 2023. Since she graduated early, she had plenty of time to pursue her passions like ballroom dance, theater acting, modeling, and more recently championing the Ukrainian cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought that there would be a full-scale war in my homeland,\u201d says Daria. \u201cAnd that I would have to become an activist in order to help save lives and the culture that\u2019s so important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inspired to lend her voice in support of her home, Daria put her name forth for Miss Ukraine California consideration and was part of a panel of twelve competitors that would go on to the final competition. Daria trained for six weeks, refining things like speech and poise, representing Ukraine in a promotional video, while also choreographing and executing solo performances. At the final competition, Daria\u2019s talent, articulation, and poise carried her to the finals and ultimately\u00a0<strong>won her the title of 2023 Miss Ukraine California!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #002d72;\">Looking Ahead<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, winning the competition has only inspired Daria to take on more challenges and risks in the future. When asked if she had any advice for students today, she stressed the importance of remaining open-minded and flexible to continue to meet life\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to stay true to yourself, while keeping your mind open,\u201d says Daria. \u201cOpen for new opportunities, new ways of thinking, different opinions, new skills, and new goals. Your life has a purpose, and figuring out what that purpose is might be a lifelong journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been a great experience being a student at Visions, and I would have enrolled as soon as I discovered them if I had known about them earlier. I was particularly impressed with how welcoming and helpful they were, which was vital to my success as a recent immigrant who was unfamiliar with the American education system. Those of you who are ambitious and self-driven are sure to benefit from enrolling at Visions.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[7,395,396],"tags":[988,695,21,986,985,987,113,161,17,989],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grad Spotlight: Miss Ukraine California Takes a Stand - Visions In Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cI never thought that there would be a war in my homeland. 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