From Korça to Los Angeles, the journey of Donald Suxho, a former volleyball player from Korça, today a distributor of "Birra Korça" in the USA, is a story of perseverance, passion and a return to his roots.

When he left Korça with his family for the USA, after the '90s, he took with him not only the passion for sports, inherited in the family, but also the memories of parties with "Birra Korça".

Former captain of the US Olympic volleyball team, Donald, in a relationship with News24, showed that he is building a new chapter in his life, distributing traditional Korça beer to the American market.

Suxho lives in Los Angeles, while his business is centered in Ohio. He confesses that his connection with "Birra Korça" is early and deeply emotional.

"Sports kept us alive. My father was the coach of the women's volleyball team 'Skënderbeu'. After every match, our stop was at "Birra Korça", a place that for me represented more than a drink, it was a social environment, a tradition," he recalls.

Donald says that in the US, sport became the bridge that kept him connected to his identity and opened the doors to a successful international career.

After decades on the volleyball court, his dream took a new direction: to bring the taste of his homeland to America.

In 2015, after 20 years away from his hometown, Suxho returned to Albania and played his last match with the Studenti Tirana team in Tirana.

During that same period, thanks to social media, he reconnected with friends and the sports community.

An important meeting with representatives of "Birra Korça" in the years 2015–2016 in the USA marked the beginning of a collaboration that is now bearing fruit.

"Through my friend Adi Doçi, I met with the well-known businessman Irfan Hysenbelliu and we thought, why not, "Birra Korça" should be sold in American markets.

"Americans like the taste of "Birra Korça". When they try it, they ask for it again. It is unique because it is also produced with the water of our Morava," he said.

Currently, the product is being successfully distributed in Ohio and the next goal is to expand to other states, as well as enter sports stadiums, a step that would unite his two greatest passions: sports and beer.

Another ambitious project on the horizon is the opening of a "Birra Korça" production plant in the USA, making the brand even more accessible to the American market.

With a history dating back to 1928, “Birra Korça” remains a symbol of Albanian tradition. For Donald Suxho, seeing this product on the American market is not just a business achievement, but the realization of a personal dream.