“To better understand Ivan, it helps to know where he comes from. Raised by his mom in Ürümqi in China’s Xinjiang region, he discovered coding through the Inte

“To better understand Ivan, it helps to know where he comes from. Raised by his mom in Ürümqi in China’s Xinjiang region, he discovered coding through the International Olympiad in Informatics, which earned him entry to high school in Canada. At 16, he moved to Vancouver alone, learned English by …