How one humble Latvian American makes a big change in Latvian kids’ lives

  • 2019-05-30
  • Linas Jegelevicius, The Baltic Times editor-in-chief
When Ilze Kreismane (in Latvian – Kreišmane), a Latvian American, in 1993 visited Latvia with her daughter, she knew right away that she wanted to live here. “My children were grown and I realized that I wanted to be a part of something that is still growing and taking shape – my Latvian roots said this was home...” Ilze remembered. Instead of choosing a cosy and headache-less life, which she easily could afford with benefits from the US, the exuberant yet humble woman opened her language school – it is in Lielvarde where she lives and is, as she says, v...
 
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