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My name is Olga Trukhanova.

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I am 45 years old.

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I came to Germany nine years ago.

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I came from eastern Ukraine.

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I am a master craftswoman hairdresser.

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I now have my own hair studio.

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I'm self-employed.

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I came for personal reasons 
to start a family here.

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At first I wanted to return to Ukraine all the time.
That was in the first year.

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But then this conflict began.

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In eastern Ukraine. The economic
situation wasn't great.

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I therefore decided to integrate myself as quickly as
possible here in Germany...

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and to officially get going with my profession.

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The first time I felt like
I had properly arrived in Germany 

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was when I was working in a large salon here in Mannheim, 
as a salaried employee.

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I really enjoyed that. 

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And the second time I had this feeling 

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was when I opened my own 
hair studio.

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In Baden-Württemberg, I found out about the right
to have your foreign professional qualification...

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checked for equivalence.

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Step number 1, and this is very important,
is good advice.

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For me, that was mainly the Chamber of Crafts and Trades.

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Step number 2 involved me 
showing them all my documents.

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They then checked whether my documents 
were recognised by the state.

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I feel like I not only have
my professional recognition.

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This is also recognition of me personally, 
recognition of my creativity.

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I can develop here professionally.

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I felt like a winner.