Orinda Teen Part Of Online Effort To Help Share Stories From Ukrainian Teens

By John Ramos, CBS San Francisco:

ORINDA (KPIX) — There are millions of heartbreaking stories coming out of the war on Ukraine: stories that Vladimir Putin probably doesn’t want the world to hear. But in this golden age of communications, a young East Bay woman is joining the effort to shed light on what’s happening.

About a year ago, 16-year-old Nicole Guo of Orinda joined an online tutoring group called ENGin that connects people to young Ukrainians to help them learn English.

“I hadn’t really heard much about Ukraine,” she said. “It wasn’t a country that was in the news a lot. So I thought it would be really interesting.”

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