{"id":3708,"date":"2021-04-19T22:58:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T22:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alausa.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3708"},"modified":"2021-04-19T23:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T23:00:03","slug":"angel-heart-society-success-stories-merija","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/aktualitates\/angel-heart-society-success-stories-merija\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Heart Society Success Stories: M\u0113rija"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>ALA Support &amp; Aid to Latvia Office continues its partnership with the Angel Heart Society, whose mission is to financially support motivated, talented, hardworking children and young adults in low-income families in rural areas of Latvia. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>M\u0113rija Daniela \u0160ij\u0101nova is a 17-year-old girl from Vanga\u017ei, whose dream is to become an actress. M\u0113rija is currently studying to be a customer service specialist at Riga State Technical High School. After graduating from high school, she wants to study acting. Unfortunately, due to finances she cannot attend acting courses. At the age of 9, M\u0113rija Daniela, her mother and little sister moved to the countryside. There she had the opportunity to participate in the school theater for 6 years. In the winter of 2018, M\u0113rija received a small role in director D\u0101vis S\u012bmanis&#8217; feature film &#8220;Year before the War&#8221;, the plot of which is based on a historical thriller about a young P\u0113teris M\u0101lderis, one of the most mysterious Latvians of the 20th century. After filming, M\u0113rija became even more convinced that acting was not just a passion, but a desire to pursue acting as a career. Their mother is the sole provider. She takes care of both daughters despite her poor health. At the moment, M\u0113rija Daniela does not work, because of her studies, and she has to take care of her younger sister while her mother is working. However, Mary is convinced that despite her difficulties, she will reach her goal. M\u0113rija Daniela plans to any donated money, to attend acting classes.<\/p>\n<p><em>To support M\u0113rija and the Angel Heart Society program: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/our-work\/latvia-and-us\/support-and-aid-to-latvia\/\"><em>https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/our-work\/latvia-and-us\/support-and-aid-to-latvia\/<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3709,"template":"","category":[35],"class_list":["post-3708","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Angel Heart Society Success Stories: M\u0113rija - American Latvian Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/alausa.org\/en\/aktualitates\/angel-heart-society-success-stories-merija\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Angel Heart Society Success Stories: M\u0113rija - American Latvian Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ALA Support &amp; Aid to Latvia Office continues its partnership with the Angel Heart Society, whose mission is to financially support motivated, talented, hardworking children and young adults in low-income families in rural areas of Latvia. 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