Louis Marinelli, 35, is the co-founder of the California independence movement known as "Calexit" who in 2016 expatriated to Russia where he opened an unofficial California Embassy and currently works as a kindergarten teacher and a freelance translator. Mr. Marinelli is now remotely pursuing a professional certificate in journalism at UCLA's online Extension, raising a newborn daughter, and happily living in Moscow with no intention of returning to live in the United States for the foreseeable future.