Irena Sokolova, international studies senior, has made an impact in local sports and plans to make her mark politically in the U.S. Sokolova is a Russian native from Moscow where she lived until she was 14 years old. In 2003, she moved to Indiana with her mother and stepfather. “I moved to Jeffersonville first,” Sokolova said. “In my city, we have 12 million people, so we have a lot of public transportation. When I first moved here, I felt like I was trapped.”