17岁的乌克兰难民Maria Vainshtein在逃离战争和在布朗克斯建造新生活后,赢得了纽约市高中网球赛冠军。 Ukrainian refugee Mariia Vainshtein, 17, won NYC high school tennis titles after fleeing war and building a new life in the Bronx.

玛丽亚·瓦因斯坦，一名17岁的乌克兰难民，在2022年俄罗斯入侵期间逃离了敖德萨的家，抵达纽约时完全不懂英语。 Mariia Vainshtein, a 17-year-old Ukrainian refugee, fled her home in Odesa during Russia’s 2022 invasion and arrived in New York with no English skills. 由于医疗原因,她于5岁开始打网球,并在搬迁后发现运动目的。 She began playing tennis at age 5 for medical reasons and found purpose in the sport after relocating. 她通过布朗克斯的Cary Leeds网球和学习中心,在Rob Cizek教练的带领下,发展了自己的运动和心理适应能力。 Through the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the Bronx, she developed both her athletic and mental resilience under coach Rob Cizek. Vaishtein带领James Madison高中取得1978年以来首个公立学校体育联盟网球冠军,赢得各城市锦标赛,并获得Dinkins市长杯奖杯。 Vainshtein led James Madison High School to its first Public Schools Athletic League tennis title since 1978, won individual city championships, and claimed a Mayor Dinkins Cup trophy. 现在,她正在准备上大学,她将她的成功归功于坚韧不拔的精神、她母亲的支持以及她在美国的新生活所提供的稳定,而她的父亲由于持续的危险留在乌克兰。 Now preparing for college, she credits her success to perseverance, her mother’s support, and the stability provided by her new life in America, while her father remains in Ukraine due to ongoing danger.