Age: 16
City / Region: Odesa
Current Location: Alicante, Spain

Start at Svitlo: September 2023 

Responsibilities at Svitlo:

• Reading Buddies department + I help new Reading Buddies with teaching
• I am a Co-Head of Svitlo Tik Tok department I record videos, edit, and help with management overall
• I am a Buddy in an older group 
• I am a member of Prefects Administration, my role is to create new spreadsheets and count the attendance of the not-in-council prefects

Future Plans:

I'm passionate about change. Change in society, the way people treat women as if they're not humans, the way they bring up little boys with toxic masculinity etc. I want to put an end to it. I want to work in organizations and help people around the world who have less access to basic human needs, reduce gender inequality, renovate Ukraine post-war. I'm obsessed with music as well. I love writing songs about things I care about and most people don't talk about. I wanna connect with people on a deeper level through my sincere and vulnerable work. That's what I'm focused on at the moment.

Self-description in one sentence:

I'm passionate about growing into the best version of myself

Impact of Svitlo:

It means so many things. It significantly altered my perception of reality and who I am as a person. There're not enough words to express my gratitude to this school! The biggest thing they gave me is hope though. Hope in future.‍

Scholarships / Opportunities:

• English summer camps twice, I enhanced my communication skills in english and just in general 
• GSL project last year, and I'm happy to admit I learnt so many things from it. 
• Duolingo English Test for free as well!! 

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