User talk:Ludmila27

Ludmila Katerina GrahamLudmilaKG 18:18, 26 October 2012 (UTC)
Ludmila Katerina Graham (formally known as Kulik Ludmila Aleksandrovna) was born in Minks, Belarus on May 27th, 1987. Both, her mother and her father were alcoholics, due to which, at the age of 7, her grandmother, Verikovskaya Leonarda Ivanovna, has placed her in an orphanage.

At the age of 7, thanks to a special program, Ludmila travelled to Italy with a group of children from same orphanage. The program was based on helping children rejuvenate their health from being away from the contaminated countries they lived in (countries contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl Radioactive Plant Explosion).

The winter of 1996 was when Ludmila went to stay with a family in Italy (Santi O Desatni family), which she has gone to visit for 8 other years. In the summer of 1997, Ludmila has traveled to Canada through another Program: Chernobyl Fund Relief, to stay with another family (Graham family). For the next 8 years Ludmila was traveling back and forth from the orphanage to Italy in the winter and Canada in the summer. In between the traveling, back at home life went on as usual, back at the orphanage. Ludmila has attended school based there, was participating in several scholar activities and clubs (music, art, theater, sports), as well as outside of the orphanage (UNICEF, Linguistics School). On the weekend, Ludmila would spend her time at her grandmother’s apartment, as her grandmother was her part time legal guardian. Over the 8 years of traveling, the families have grown very close to Ludmila, and loved her as their own. Ludmila as well has developed very strong attachments to both families. In 2002, when staying with the Graham family, a proposal to adopt Ludmila was made, to which she has agreed. The adoption process has lasted for almost 2 years, and in December 2003 was finalized. Ludmila has arrived to Toronto, Canada on December 16th, as a landed immigrant with a new middle and last name.

Ludmila Katerina Graham has attended Sacred Heart High School for the next year and a half. Once obtaining a High School Diploma, in 2006, she attended Algonquin College in the Interactive Multimedia Developer Program. When she has started to develop her independency as a teen (just before her 2nd year at the college) the family and she have parted due to their differences. At the time Ludmila has also started a relationship with Danick Gauthier (Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada). As a gentleman, he has helped her finish her studies by providing her a place to stay and helping her out financially and morally. In June of 2008 Ludmila has graduated college and has moved on to her life adventures. She and Danick have gotten engaged in 2010 in Mount Tremblant. In October of 2011 they have welcomed their son, Tristan Emil Gauthier to their family.