Rare Girls

Oksana Zavisliak is a student in Chortkiv, a small town in Ternopil' region in Ukraine She is really into English, she has always been the best student in her English class, and she also likes learning history, reading and sports. Oksana won various academic contests, olimpiads and certifications. Instagram: @oksana_zavisliak

Andriana Baziuk is from Uzhhorod, in Ukraine And she studies management and economy in Economic University in Bratislava (EUBA) and additionally she studies history at Uzhhorod National University ( as an external form of education) Most of all, Andriana loves to travel, she reads a lot, and she likes to bake. In her free time, Andriana volunteers a lot (for example, she helped collect parcels for the Ukrainian military, and in the summer she went to help rebuild a school that was destroyed during the Russian occupation). Andriana is also a member of a youth NGO: FRI (Foundation of Regional Initiatives) - there she organizes educational projects for young people. Instagram: @odri2002

Hanane Labzae is a technical student from Morocco specialized in Electrical Sciences. Hanane loves watching series and movies. During the summer, Hanane participated in the DigiGirls Mentorship program which expanded her scientific and digital knowledge. Instagram: @hanane_labzae0

Moni Miller was born in Iran, and is now studying Interior Architecture at Istanbul Kültür University. Moni is Vice President of the International Students Club Istanbul Kültür University #iku, her hobbies include playing pool and traveling, where she visited various countries including Malaysia. Instagram: @mxnira @ikuintclub

Rebeca Drăgaică Ioana is Romanian, and since she was 3 years old, she has been going to acting and singing classes. She is a polyglot in love with language learning. Rebeca is now a freestyle dancer, focused on improving her dancing skills as this hobby is a big love in her life. Instagram: @rebecaaioanaa

Ioana Margarit is a Romanian FLEX Finalist ‘22-‘23 in Washington State, USA. Ioana is an active volunteer, and she loves interacting with people, reading and creating jewelry. Instagram: @ioana.margarit

Enkhjin Purevsukh is Mongolian and she is currently a student at Duke Kunshan University. Her hobbies include writing her feelings in her journal, writing poems, learning new things, reading fairytales for little children, mental health wellness, and dressing up for herself, Enkhjin won 1st place of the Hobby poet, which is her school’s competition, An interesting fact about her is: she never seen her parents since the age of 1 years old. Instagram: @enkjen

Olga Tarasenko is a psychologist and her my job is to help people find themselves, so they can implement themselves and build a life they always dreamed of for themselves. She is also studying medical psychology in National Medical University, so she will become a doctor. Olga enjoys sport and horse riding. She loves painting and sculpting. But she quit sculpting a long time ago, because she now devotes all of her free time to consulting her clients and developing her projects. Instagram: @olgatarasenko.psy

Kateryna Ohiienko is a Ukrainian girl currently in Japan, learning the language and discovering the Asian culture. At the same time, she is still a student of a Ukrainian university in Chernihiv, where her major is Ukrainian philology. Kate has a lot of hobbies, but most of all she likes dancing. She has been dancing since she was 3 years old, so it's a hobby that is connected to her whole life. Kate is really curious about learning different languages and cultures and sharing her experiences on her blog. Instagram: @ka_waii._

Veronika Kovalenko is a Certified Pole Dance Coach with 14 years of experience and also an Architecture Student in the West of Ukraine. She is now in the 4th year of studying and she has a task to develop a hotel project. Veronika has a lot of hobbies: she loves doing make up, hairstyles, and to learn foreign languages. And since her childhood, she enjoys cooking, especially baking desserts. Instagram: @kovalenko7151

Dasha Khlud is a student interested in drawing, dancing, cooking and last few months, she started being interested in photography. She also goes to music school, so she plays guitar and piano. Dasha is a very friendly and cheerful person. She likes to go out with friends and to visit different beautiful places. Instagram: @_dashakhlud_

Olga Khrystan is a professional Ballroom Dancer with 7 years of experience and has big goals for her life. She dreams of entering a university in the USA. And now, she is actively engaged in leadership, volunteering and social activism. Olga is from Kyiv, Ukraine, and loves to read books, she took part in the Ukrainian Model UN 2022, she became an ambassador of Cambridge UA among teenagers, she is the Vice President at the school, and she is involved with many projects (including workshops, trainings for younger classes, helping the environment, and others.) Instagram: @olga_hristan

Alina Mashyka is a social activist and a member of the youth NGO FRI (Foundation for Regional Initiatives) in Ukraine. Alina is an experienced volunteer, who organized her own volunteer projects. And she is passionate about journalism. Her and her team create interesting videos and podcasts. Nowadays, Alina is learning Social Media Management, because creating and growing a blog is an exciting goal for her. Her hobbies include traveling, dancing, singing, and cooking varied cuisines. Alina loves people, communicating with them, and going on social walks with interesting people in her life. Instagram: @alya.mashyka

Viktoriia Tipikina is a Ukrainian girl, from Kyiv, who is enrolled in the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Viktoriia is a dancer with 13 years of experience. Dancing is her biggest love, because it makes her feel like she is in another world Viktoriia is also a pianist, which helps her take away all negative emotions. She likes learning foreign languages and to developer herself and see changes in her personality, skills and situations. Viktoriia is an open-minded person who loves trying new things. Instagram: @dokki_ti

Maria-Diana Dutica is is a Computer Science major at Politehnica University of Bucharest, a Tennis player and an intern at Goldman Sachs. Instagram: @dianamdutica

Anastasiya Pidlisna is a student at Kyiv National Linguistic University, in Ukraine. During the previous year, Anastasiya was studying International business, but she realized that it’s not the purpose of her life. So now, she is studying at another faculty: Majoring in Spanish language and literature, and a minor in foreign languages and translation. She feels it is her purpose in life to study foreign languages. Anastasiya wants to become a philologist and to establish her own language school in the future to teach others. Her hobbies include volunteering, international exchanges, writing, dancing and blogging. Furthermore, she tutors and preparing students for passing the exam of Ukrainian language and literature. In 2019, she organized her own offline project for youth “School of success”. A few weeks ago, she returned from the international youth exchange “Erasmus+” in Latvia, where her and others discussed media and social networks. Instagram: @anastasiya.pidlisna

Masha Zakharchenko is a Marketing student at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine She is a tactile person who loves creating things with her hands and cooking. Instagram: @mashechik

Anastasiia Kuzmuk is a student of two universities - A psychology student at at Kyiv National University of Taras Shevchenko (KNU), but she realized that working as a psychotherapist would be too draining for her. So, this year she entered Lazarski University in Warsow Poland, majoring in International Relations. The best way to describe her that she is a very open minded individual, curious about the world. Anastasiia has always been into politics, she has taken part in various political events for teens, and studied political science in her free time. Currently, she is part of the @saintjavelin organisation that works hard to help and rebuild Ukraine. Instagram: @staec.y Website: SaintJavelin.com

Veronika Koninenko is a student of Journalism at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, in Ukraine Veronika works in journalism and she is also very interested in web design because that job can give her the freedom and opportunity to travel more. She has many hobbies, including singing, learning to play the guitar and going to the gym. Instagram: @konik_ol

Anastasiia Smolenska is from Kharkiv, Ukraine, and currently living in the Czech Republic because of the war. Anastasiia is a certified volunteer, she created an online free English school, and is a future interior designer & architect. She loves to play the guitar, and she was a professional dancer for 7 years, dancing modern dance. Instagram: @nastyasmolay

Viktoriia Durytska is a student at National Pedagogical Dragomanov University in Kyiv to become a Primary School Teacher and English teacher. Currently, she is in Belgium so she is studying French to explore learning that language. Her hobbies include playing piano and crocheting, especially toys. Viktoriia loves running and writing poems (when she is inspired by something or someone) and texts (for studying or when she is too emotional or to present in some youth projects). She enjoys spending time with her 3 siblings, her family, and friends. Instagram: @miss.teacher16

Ilsiya Khalikova is a citizen of Kazakhstan, studying media & communication arts in Woosong University (Daejeon, South Korea). She likes drawing, filming and dancing. Ilsiya received multiple scholarships to improve her skills in media and communication throughout the years. Instagram: @ilsiyaa_

Valeriia Murynska is a foreign languages student at Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, learning Italian, French and English. Valeriia just can't live without music: she plays the piano and sings; she is into reading; and organizing events. Valeriia participated in various educational competitions & olympiads, she used to be a class prefect and the President of the Students Government. She is also a tutor, teaching Ukrainian and English Languages. Valeriia dreams of becoming a journalist and having the opportunity to tell the world about how special and amazing Ukraine is. Instagram: @lera_murynska

Diana Dmitriieva is a Marketing student at Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman (in Ukraine). She also studied for half a year on the Erasmus program “Global management” in Brussels, Belgium. Her hobbies are dancing and skiing. She has been dancing since she was 5 years old, so she tried a lot of styles. Diana likes skiing, because she really enjoys spending time in the mountains. For her, this is an effective way to relax after studying. Her achievements are that she learned French in just 5 months. And she graduated from a music school and had experience working with children. At the age of 18, she visited 12 countries. Instagram: @__hloya._

Julia Jeff is the Co-founder & CEO of KILIN Media. This year, she graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) with a degree in Public Relations. Currently, she is a creative entrepreneur and has a content-marketing agency as well as working on launching her fashion-brand. Julia is fascinated by studying entrepreneurship and everything connected with video production and filmmaking. Instagram: @julia.jeff

Diana Shepel is a hospitality management student in Spain, Marbella. In the previous years, Diana was professionally engaged in ballroom & latin dancing, she received a master of sports and took 7th place in the European Championship She is originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, and her biggest hobbies are traveling and taking photos. Instagram: @dianashepelll

Ana Maria Matei is a Romanian citizen living in the UK since she was 19, where she completed a 2 year management apprenticeship. Nowadays, she works as a Regional Planning Manager for one of the biggest giants in the retail market in UK. She covers the entire South-East area of UK and it’s a massive achievement since she just turned 22, while most of her other colleagues have worked in the industry for the same amount of years she has been alive! This experience is nerve-racking but also exciting for her as it just proves that no matter what age you are if you work hard enough you can achieve anything. In her personal time, Ana Maria also does brand partnerships and campaigns, mostly modeling on Instagram. Her last project was being a model for a photographer and also her ambassador. Instagram: @anaa_maria_matei

Daiana Olteanu is a FLEX Alumni Coordinator of Romania, and a third year medical student at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania. During her FLEX exchange year, which is a scholarship funded by the Department of State, she graduated from high-school in Missouri, U.S.A. In her free time from school and work, she volunteers at different events and the Medical Students’ society. Daiana enjoys trying new things (especially foods), traveling, reading or doing sports and she always finds herself excited for new opportunities and meeting new people. Instagram: @daiana.olteanu

Anastasiia Unhurian is a FLEX Alumna ’17 from Ukraine in Indiana, United States, who is currently living in Armenia. She graduated with a Bachelor degree in English language and literature, and is keen on reading, cooking, needle felting and sometimes painting pictures by numbers. She is the eldest sister among 4 kids in her family and all of them are brothers, so she had an interesting life growing up with them. Instagram: @a.unhurian

Alina Slobodian is a delegate of Ukraine at the European Youth Parliament (EYP) and a marketing student at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy student, which is the university of her dreams. Alina feels that her vocation is sharing experiences and motivating others to reach their goals. That’s why she decided to start teaching Ukrainian language to help last year of school students pass the exam on the highest grades, which is something she really enjoys. Over the last 2 years, Alina was a school President so her and her team were able to bring changes to their school; She cannot imagine her life without being a very active person (taking part in various activities like workshops, lectures, volunteering and other) This summer was her first time as a delegate on the European Youth Parliament National Session. And she is glad to meet so many interesting people from other countries; During May-June, she created her first course for preparing for exams, most of the costs from which she sent to the army of Ukraine, the Defenders of her country. Now they need the most support. Instagram: @alina.laven

Alina Dorosh is a FLEX Alumna '16 in the United States (Chesapeake, Virgina), where she studied at an American high school and lived with a host family for 10 months. Alina studied Arabic language and literature at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) and also at Kuwait University, and recently graduated with a Mater’s degree. She loves dancing, taking photos, and cooking. Instagram: @alina_ld_

Shino Horie is a Japanese citizen who used to live in Austria, she speaks German, and plans to start her studies in Germany to become a physiotherapist and a strength and conditioning trainer for professional players. In 2018-2019, she was an exchange student in Colorado, USA. Her hobbies are fitness, working out, doing other sports like puddle boarding, running, hiking, skiing and snowboarding. She also enjoys camping and BBQ with her family. Shino got into fitness when Covid started and now she has a fitness account where she shares her workouts and daily motivation. She is now an affiliate for a brand called Women’s Best and an athlete for a brand called Ryderwear. Shino experienced Asian hate and discrimination at a young age. With all the Asian hate that’s going on in the world and how people talk about it more openly recently, she strongly hopes that this will not end as a „trend“. Instagram: @shinohorie @shinofit_

Anastasiia Didenko is a Flex Alumna 2022 in Ohio and a student of Finance with the minor economics at Walsh University. Her hobbies include reading and learning languages, and she is currently studying Mandarin, German and Latin. Anastasiia graduated both from an American and a Ukrainian high school, she helped raise over USD$25k to help Ukraine, and has multiple interviews with newspapers and news channels. Instagram: @dd_anastasia

Mariia Petrusenko is a student at Kingston College, who loves modern dance and drawing canvasses. Originally from the Lugansk region in Ukraine, she is now living in London, England. Instagram: @gorfona

Anastasia Siromakha is a polyglot, the head of self-government in her school in Kyiv, Ukraine, and an active person who often organizes valuable events for her peers. Anastasia won various literary competitions and is a person who is curious to try many things in this world. Instagram: @sianastasiss

Julia Borisenko is a handball player who won many competitions with her team, and an active volunteer. Her hobbies include video editing, theater, kayaking and learning English. Julia adores all different kinds of minerals and stones. In the near future, she plans to open her small shop where she will sell jewelry with stones . Julia wants to transfer some of the money she will earn to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and support her country at these difficult times. Instagram: @zavadyuchka

Viktoriia Usenko is a Germanic languages philology student at National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" in Ukraine. She is a dancer with more than 10 years of experience, and with her modern dance group went to various competitions, including international ones, and won prizes. Viktoriia loves knitting, reading, and wrote a research paper on the Ukrainian language and won a prize. Instagram: @_viktory_usenko_

Olha Kushnirova is a science student in Poltava. She loves learning languages and speaks Ukrainian, English and German. And currently learning French and Polish. Olha is a regular participant in international student exchange projects. For Example "My World" in Germany in July-August of 2022. Her hobbies are tennis, dancing, drawing, reading and taking photos. Olha adores working with kids and that's the reason why she participates in a large variety of projects that improve her skills in teaching, especially art teaching, such as "Language Summer School of German" and "Seminar BIZ in Kyiv". Instagram: @kuschnirovaa

Viktoriia Burdiad is a FLEX alumna ‘22 from Cherkasy Ukraine to Franklin, Indiana, in the United States, a Franklin Community High School ’23, an Ukrainian Global University ’22, a PAX exchange student of February, a PAX Distinguished Leader, a volunteer with 100+ volunteer hours, a German National Olympiad 2020 qualifier, and an activist for Ukraine in the American community. Currently, she is preparing to enroll to a college in spring for international relations/political science field in the US colleges Viltoriia finished an art school in Ukraine, and had exhibits of her works and won a couple of art competitions in Ukraine and in the USA. She also was in Bring Change to Mind Indiana Teen Advisory Board, which focuses on teens mental health and work of mental health clubs in high schools. Instagram: @viktobud

Daria Shcherbak is a Candidate Master of Sport of gymnastics, champion of Luhansk region and a team member of Luhansk region in Ukraine Dasha has diverse achievements in law olmypiads, chemistry olympiads, and she loves sports and drawing. Currently, she is in Switzerland learning the German language, and a student of cybersecurity at Kharkiv National university of Radio Electronics. Instagram: @ddassh.kaa

Anna Tokar is an extraordinarily bright and creative individual from Kyiv, Ukraine. She has used her experience in different life areas and communication skills to inspire teens across Ukraine to improve their lifestyles. A passionate promoter of self-improvement and lifelong learning, Annie recognizes that her generation is rife with mental health issues because of social media and she's also really into exploring and discussing numerous social issues. She uses her social media, networking skills and self-education to uplift her peers and offer a helping hand. This spreads to her gentle promotion of gratefulness, ethical behavior and constant learning throughout life, which she communicates without any sense of forcefulness. Annie is also passionate about learning English that's why she's a part of @thenatashamak's language school, as well as already being an ENGin student for about a year. Her hobbies are pretty diverse, she enjoys expressing herself creatively through writing, painting, video editing, graphic design, scrapbooking, journaling, public speaking, crafting, photography and post-crossing. Annie took 1st place at the 20th International Competition in the Ukrainian language named after Petro Yatsyk (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019) and nowadays she does her best to help other people to become fluent in the Ukrainian language. Instagram: @tokarannie

Laura Moskalenko is a FLEX Semi-Finalist 2022, and a foreign languages student who loves volleyball, dancing, doing makeup, taking photos, listening to music, baking, handiwork, quilling, traveling, editing and making videos. In 2019, she won best delegate at ModelUN at her school and in 2021 she participated in ZaMUN. Laura participated in the 20th international festival-competition of children's and youth journalism "PRESS-SPRING ON THE DNIPR SLOPES". And in 2020, she took part in video work on the topic "What does Azerbaijani multiculturalism mean to me" Instagram: @lauramskl

Anna Shtandenko is a winner of chemistry, math, and english competitions, a Semi-Finalist of FLEX 2020, and an ENGin student. Her two passions are chemistry and cinematography. She is a quarter-finalist of International Tournament of Young Chemists, and she also published an article about chemistry pollution and filmed a short film about phone addiction. Instagram: @anyashtandenko

Maria Vitrenko is a Ukrainian who used to live in the USA, and her hobbies include traveling, going to the gym, learning about psychology, and Greek mythology. Her future goals is to become an OB GYN or work in the UN, like her father. Instagram: @xoxo.maria.v

Oleksandra Samborska is a FLEX Alumni Coordinator for American Councils. FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange) Program allows you to spend 10 months living in America and dive deeper into that culture. Sasha is a FLEX alumna, so during her year in 2018 and 2019, she lived in Loveland, Colorado. Currently, she's traveling a lot, creating projects in different countries and trying to support Ukraine as much as possible. Sasha loves dancing, especially hip hop and vogue, and she also enjoy taking part in youth exchanges like Erasmus+ Instagram: @sasha.samborska @flexalumniwestua @flex_alumni

Masha Vysotska is a FLEX Alumna '17 & a senior at Minerva University (USA) concentrating in Brand Management & Scalable Growth Masha enjoys discovering the world, learning behavioral science, doing tarot card readings and approaching life with a slow living mindset Masha is proud to study in the most innovative university in the world and to experience different lifestyles in seven countries during her four-year studies at Minerva; she shares her life in TikTok as well (@mashadventures) Instagram: @masha.vysotska

Ioana Istrate is a student of Natural Sciences, and her hobbies include socializing with friends, reading books, going to the gym and especially playing volleyball. She was accepted to some of the best educational institutions in Romania, and is constantly aiming to get better. Instagram: @ioana_istr25

Katerina Pogrebniak is a Bachelor of International Relations & Social Communications at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. And also currently studying coaching and psychology. Kate is a polyglot who loves learning foreign languages. She speaks Ukrainian, Russian, English, as well as developing her knowledge of German, French and Turkish. Kate is a dancer with 15 years of experience, including ballet, jazz funk and heels. She loves traveling, exploring other countries and cultures, and she was a productive member of AIESEC in Kyiv. Currently, Kate is a coach-psychologist as well as an English/German tutor, and she is currently in Germany as an active volunteer because her goal is to change people's lives. In the future, Kate wants to represent Ukraine in the international arenas and to use her knowledge of International Relations to support her country. Instagram: @katja_pogrebniak

Sofia Tretiak is a FLEX Alumna 2021 in Montana, USA. Born in Lviv, Ukraine, her hobbies include video-creation, video-editing, photography, blogging, and singing Sofia also danced for 10 years in the the Ukrainian folk ensemble Last year, she participated in German debates and was able to receive the 3rd place at the national level, and she wrote a scientific research for the Junior Academy of Science which I presented in German Sofia is a volunteer, and currently a finalist of Ukraine Global Scholars program in 2022, which helps her to apply to the top private colleges in the world. Instagram: @sofia.tretiak

Xenia Makeyonok is a volleyball player from Riga, Latvia; Her hobbies include baking, reading books, and comics. In the future, she will continue her education in Norway or in the United Kingdom. Instagram: @mxjusha