15-year-old Sofia Sanchez is a model, actress (Switched at Birth, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), writer and activist, was born in Dnipro with Down syndrome and adopted by an American family. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the girl has been actively supporting Ukraine. In an exclusive interview for OBOZ.
UA, Sofia told us about her adjustment in a new country, how she coped with bullying, and why she wants to return to Ukraine and find her parents. She also frankly explained why she positions herself as a Ukrainian actress and admitted what her participation in the world-famous movie Barbie was really like for the first time. - Sofia, let me start by saying that I was surprised by your story about your memories in an orphanage in Ukraine because you were very young.
What impressed you so much that you still remember it? - Actually, I don't remember much because I was only over a year old, but my parents shared with me all the videos and photos they had saved from those days. So I am familiar, so to speak, with my life in the orphanage in Ukraine. - I suppose because of your early age, your adjustment to life in a new family and country was not difficult? - Yes, I was just an infant when I joined my family in the United States, so it was relatively easy to adapt.
I was happy to have three brothers, parents, and grandparents (smiles ). - What advice would you give to other children who are coping with the same situation? - Love your life, .
