Rare Girls

Marta Shvets is a FLEX Program 2022 semi-finalist in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her Passion and future goal is to immerse herself deeply in learning the Ukrainian language, culture, and literature. Her Main hobbies include reading, writing, learning English, and video editing. Marta took 2nd place at the All Ukrainian Marathon of Ukrainian Language, wrote her first text to the popular Ukrainian feminist magazine “Divoche media”, and became one of the winners of an essay contest “She is Science” by “STEM is fem” community, as well as being an ENGin student. Instagram: @mrtshvets

Vita Shevchuk is a Finance student at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv as well as an SEO copywriter. Vita loves dance, it is her major hobby, the way she expresses her emotions through moves, and she has been dancing since she was 3 years old. Vita performed at multiple festivals with her dance team, she won many first place medals and certificates. In addition to Dance, Vita loves sports, walking in nature, visiting beautiful café, cooking and taking pictures on film. Her future goals include starting her own business and buying a Corgi. Instagram: @_l_i_p_o_f_r_e_n_i_c_h_k_a_

Nelia Bechkalo is a FLEX Aluma 2015 in Dysart, Iowa, a CR Poltava of 2016-2017, and currently studying East European Studies and graduated with a Master's Degree in Translation She adores dancing and performing on the stage in general. Nelia is amazed with all the different cultures and all the similarities and uniqueness we have. Instagram: @neliabechkalo

Yana Balanchuk is an International Relations student at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy Her hobbies include playing the piano, playing the guitar, singing, photography, sport (especially boxing), discovering the world and learning languages. Her achievements include dozens of awards for playing piano, gathering her music band, and educational achievements. Her Instagram: @yana_balanchuk

Kseniia Bezliudna is a Management student in Lublin, Poland. Born and raised in Ukraine, Kseniia is a self-taught Pianist, and she has a lot of hobbies including swimming, dancing and writing. She often reads about psychology and does yoga. Her Innstagram: @_.flamme.__

Kateryna Mykhailova is a FLEX Alumna '17, a previous FLEX City Representative of Kyiv, and she graduated from the faculty of international relations, and one of the best model UN delegates. Her Instagram: @_katherine_my

Yelena Gromova is a Linguistics & Tourism student in the College of Economics in Montenegro, and a volunteer, helping Ukrainian refugees translate what they need to say as they study abroad. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Yelena lived 10 years in Monetenegro. Her hobbies include drawing, writing, and protecting the Ukrainian culture and language. Instagram: @gromovskayaaa

Bohdana Batiuk is a FLEX Alumna '22 in St. James, Minnesota, born in Lviv, Ukraine, and currently she lives in a small but a very pretty town. She enjoys working with people as a camp counselor for example, as well as helping people, dancing and singing. Instagram: @b.bohdana__

Anastasia Yesilova finished the Kyiv Academy of Circus And Variety Arts with 6 years studying vocals. She writes her own songs and shares them with people. She wants to expand her education in this field, and will do advanced studies at a University in Kyiv. In 2014, she won a competition in reading Taras Shevchenko poems, and in 2022, she won the into-Ukrainian musician festival. Anastasia is experienced in organizing theatre shows, poetry events and she studies acting for 5 years. Her second passion is sports, where she is developing the body of her dreams. She runs 6 kilometers everyday, and is active into fitness. So for 4 years, she did classic dance, gymnastics for a year, and for 2 years contemporary, pop and pole dance. Her goal is to inspire Ukrainians to victory over the Russian invasion, and raise their fighting spirits. In her free time, she likes cooking, traveling, meditation, psychology and growing her blog. Instagram: @anastasiia.yelisova

Daryna Darii is a Finance major at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. In addition to this, she is a full-time student in EPAM university (specialisation - IT) and a VIP virtual student in Giessen university (specialisation - Economics). Lately, she's working on the creation of projects which aim to help teens’ development, and the implementation of her own startup ideas, which aims to help Ukraine’s development. Her passion is music and travelling, thus when she manages to find free time, she always spends it either playing piano or exploring the world. Her Instagram: @darinochki

Luba Slesarenko is from Mykolayiv, Ukraine. She is currently studying Physics and Math, and has an extensive experience in participating in various Olympiads and STEM competitions. Luba is a member of Global Talent Mentoring, New Your Academy of Science and Junior Academy of Science of Ukraine. She is currently writing a research paper on “Thermonuclear reactors” and “How does temperature affect musical instruments?” Luba is a co-founder of a charity project in my school, a member of TED-Ed Club, where she conducted a Talk about the war in Ukraine. Her hobbies are playing the piano, reading books and listening to podcasts. Her Instagram: @liubas_ Website: https://beacons.ai/lubaslesarenko

Alina Zabihailo is from Kyiv, Ukraine. She finished her school last year with the highest marks and took a gap year to apply and study in the United States. She was accepted at 6 colleges and chosen to study at Alfred University this Fall, in New York State. Alina love singing and playing tennis. She is a curious person who loves to learn and try new things. Her Instagram: @momentsource

Iryna Ovcharenko graduated from Kharkiv Cooperative Trade and Economic College last year where she studied Tourism, and she continues to cooperate with the administration in her college, helping the Professors and the students. She also cooperated with different singer managers and concert venues as she was involved in event organization. Iryna received a diploma from the Mayor of her city for helping and developing the brand of Kharkiv. It is a Certificate of Honor for active development of the city's brand, significant contribution to the development of volunteering and for assistance in organizing city events. In 2019, she received the Young Person of the Year Cup. Since 2019, Iryna has been doing boxing and dancing, now they are her favorite hobbies. These sports help her control her emotions. She also created a video for the Girl2Leader project, which is an amazing project for girls who want to be leaders and take control of their lives. She now lives in Switzerland. Instgagram: @_ovcharenko_irina

Marina Toderash graduated with a Bachelor of Philology in 2021 and a Bachelor of Law in 2021. And she is currently getting a master’s degree in Economics, Marketing to graduate in December 2022 and in Philology and Oral Translation to graduate in May 2023. Marina likes psychology, and she is interested in self development. She loves singing, getting together with friends, watching Turkish TV shows and Ukrainian football. She is also interested in true Ukrainian history because, she believes unfortunately, Soviet and Russian government did everything to distort it. That’s why she wants to know the truth and to analyze the history of her country and to share her knowledge on the page of her educational project @velychnyi_narod As she studies translation, recently she has had an experience of translating the lecture of Robert F. Engle, the Nobel prize in economics in 2002. It’s an achievement for students who study translation. When she was a child, Marina became Little miss Eurasia, and she was little miss of Bukovyna, that’s the region where she lives. She is a student at Tara’s Shevchenko Kyiv National University (the best university in Ukraine) and in Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University where she studies marketing. Her Instagram: @marina__toderash

Natasha Steel is originally from the central part of Ukraine but now living in Lisbon, Portugal. She is a yoga teacher and she also worked as tattoo artist in the past, and now feels the energy to come back this work too. Natasha plays the bass guitar and in the past she had her own band, where they played noise jazz. Now, she is building her new life in a new country. Her Instagram: @natasha__steel

Elizabeth Tretiak studies at two universities: at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) and at Vilnius University, on Academic mobility. Liza is Ukrainian and tries to be a fully developed person. Her motto in life is: life does not stand still and we must constantly develop and achieve our goals. Instagram: @ielizaveta_tr

Kate Scherbina is a Champion of Ukraine in full contact karate in 2016, a FLEX alumna of 2019, and a FLEX City Representative 2020 of Kropyvnytsky. She is the founder of the educational project for youth called "ME & Media," a Girls2Leaders participant, an active volunteer, an Actress of Fall season 2018 - “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow”, and the founder of an English Speaking Club in 2020 in Oleksandriya, Ukraine. Her Instagram: @adre.adorome

Lilia Minko is the Vice President of Outgoing Global Volunteer for AIESEC in Kyiv, Ukraine. She loves dancing, learning languages, discovering other cultures, and currently she is studying Swedish and Dutch at Taras Shevchenko National University (KNU). Her Instagram: @minko_lilia

Sofi Simonova is that aesthetic girl from French streets who has always been dreaming about being a perfumer-beautician and having her own little painting studio. She started building her character and personality through sports, which increased her patience and made her able to handle hardships. Then playing piano, drawing and learning French and German. Her Instagram: @francais_sofi

Sofiia (Sonya) Kovtun won a $108,000 scholarship to study in one of the best school in Canada - Pickering College. She took 1st place in Pickering College Global Leadership Program with a project for the environment in 2021. She took 1st place in Pickering College Global Leadership Program with a project about Epilepsy. In 2017, Sonya was ranked in the Top 100 most talented kids of Ukraine And she consistently ranked high in the Championship of Ukraine in Youth Entrepreneurship as well as the Championship of the WORLD in Youth Entrepreneurship Sonya loves fly dancing, frisbee, cooking, stocks, crypto currency, and fashion. Her Instagram: @sofiiakovtun

Sasha H is a student of Bioscience (with a Major in Genetics) at a University in Canada. Born in Luhansk, she grew up in Kyiv as a dreamer and an active girl who was involved in many extracurricular activities: from Art to Dance to Business to IT. Currently, she is passionate about Witchcraft, Meditation, Gardening and Drawing. Her Instagram: @havruk_oleksandra

Mariia Fylyppova is a FLEX Alumna '18 & a Political Science & International Relations Bachelor's Student at American University in Bulgaria. Originally from Ukraine, she is currently the assistant to the CEO at Lemon.io, a marketplace of developers. Mariia is a #TEDxAUBG Organizer, a #pianoplayer, a #harpplayer, and a #pastalover Her Instagram: @m.fylyppova

Sasha Vinnichuk is a Law Student at the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics She loves photography, taking pictures and making short videos. Her Instagram: @lilsanechka

Olya Kryvitska is an International Curvy Model from Ukraine who studied at the University of Culture and Art in Kyiv and has modelled all over the world. Instagram: @kryvitskaolya

Anastasiia Bilenka is an international model born in Dnipro, Ukraine. After graduating from the Trade & Economics College in Kyiv, she decided to travel, to learn directly from people, to travel, and to feel the special energy she can experience when meeting new people from all over the world. Instagram: @belenkayaaaa

Olga Melnik is a free and open minded girl from Ukraine studying at the Faculty of International Communications, Taras Shevchenko University (KNU) in Kyiv, Ukraine. Her Instagram: @thmelnik__th

Stasia Bartko is an International Law student at the Institute Of International Relations (IIR), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU). Stasia is an extremely active and multi-faceted girl with 7 years of experience in dancing and 3 years of athletic activity, she is a huge football fan and Stasia is fascinated with music in all its genres, from jazz to pop, blues to rock. Her Instagram: @nastia_bartko

Elisabeth Horun is a World Champion in Ballroom Dancing, a European champion and a Ukraine champion. Currently, Lis is a Law Student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA). Her Instagram: @hhorun

Kateryna Kievskaya is is the CEO & Founder of Kstudio Agency, and a trainer in graphic design in the teen accelerator Ampli. She Studies International business at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. And she is the PR-advisor at the NGO Platform of Public Diplomacy. Her Instagram: @kievskayaaaa Website: kstudio.agency

Anna Kontseba is an exceptional Ukrainian girl, a FLEX Alumna of 2019, a former FLEX City Representative of Uman, and a student of International Economic Relations at Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU). Her Instagram: @anna.kontseba

Anastasiia Moskalenko is a student of International Relations at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She is the Deputy Chief of the Politics and Diplomacy Club "Ambassador". Her Instagram: @anastasiamoss

Yelyzaveta Frol’kis is a Freshman at two Universities: Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) & Business Economics at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU). Currently she is studying at Science Po in Paris. Liza participated in 22 scientific and practical conferences of Model United Nations. And she is involved in numerous student clubs and organizations, such as the European Law Students' Association and she is a delegate at NMUN Club of NaUKMA. Her Instagram: @lizafrolkis

Valeriia Radchenko is a FLEX Alumna ’19, an ex-AIESEC member and currently studying International Relations and Social Communications at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University (KUBG) in Ukraine And working as an affiliate manager at the international company Jooble. Valeriia is inspired by travel, creating aesthetic photos on her Instagram, writing poems and dancing. Her Instagram: @v.radch

Valerie Onoshko is a student at Cherkasy Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University (ChNU), studying to become a teacher of English and German languages. Her Instagram: @leraonoshko

Alyona Zhyvkova is an International Curvy Model, Social Media influencer, and proud Ukrainian currently in Miano, Italy. Her Instagram: @lo.lachka

Yulia Shvets is a translation student at Taurida National University of Vernadsky in Kyiv. Born in Kostopil, in the Rivne region, Yulia speaks French, English, Spanish and is planning to learn 2 more languages. Her Instagram: @tvoyaexx

Olha Burdeina is the chairwoman of the Education and Culture Committee of the Youth Council of Bukovina. She has organized and coordinated more than 10 successful projects that have changed the life of the community. And currently, she is an ambassador of European values ​​among the Eastern Partnership countries. As well as a scholarship winner and an International Baccalaureate student at the Eastern Partnership European School Tbilisi “New School” in Georgia. Her Instagram: @nightstar.cv

Diana Shalashna is the FLEX Alumni Coordinator of Central Ukraine, an English Access Micro-scholarship Program Alumna '17, and a FLEX Alumna '18 She is now an International Relations & Social Communications student at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, in Ukraine. Her Instagram: @diana_shalashnaya

Alika Stepanishcheva is a Ukrainian Future Leaders Exchange Program Alumna of 2019 and a FLEX City Representative of Vinnytsia 2020 Alika is fascinated with the IT field and is currently working as an SMM Manager in a tech company. Her Instagram: @a_l_i_k_a_______

Anastasia Gloza is an International Economic Relations student at the Institute Of International Relations (IIR), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU). Anastasia is a keen traveler who is also interested in diplomacy, literature, music and politics. Her life goal is to make the world a better place. Her Instagram: @a.gloza