Kristina Kovalyuk played games with friends in Kiev. Her passion for dance and theater led her to play the lead, sing in the chorus, pick mushrooms, eat fried potatoes, and run across fields of wheat.

Kristina Alexandra Kovalyuk believes that embracing your unique capabilities leads to greater success. As a private equity/venture capital investor, she took the failure approach when establishing her first business. The success turned out to be professional and personal after she initially thought it was a failure.