Kyiv Future

Stepan Onyshchuk is one of only 10 Ukrainian United World College 2021 Finalists. He is currently studying at UWC Dilijan, Armenia. He was the Head of the Kolomyia Youth Council in 2020-2021.

Stepan is likely to be the youngest intern in the history of the Ukrainian Parliament, as he was a high school student Interning under Parliament Member Lisa Yasko.

Stepan is also the Founder of the project "Success Personal And Ukrainian", where famous Ukrainian politicians share their experience of creating change with the youth from Kolomyia.

Instagram: @s_onyshchuk

Oleksandra Chumachenko is an International Business student at the Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU).

Born in Kostopil, in the Rivne Oblast of Western Ukraine, Sasha is in love with music in all its ways, especially singing. She is keen on learning new things, she is fascinated with the field of psychology, and she is active in volunteering and in singing contests.

Instagram: @sashaa.ch

Mariiana Lavrukhina is an International Law Student at the Institute Of International Relations (IIR), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU).

Born in Dnipro, Mariiana loves traveling, learning languages, and dancing.

Instagram: @maryanalavrukhina

Valeriia Nazarova is an International Business student at LCC International University in Lithuania.

Born in Nikolaev, Valeriia is keen on learning languages, getting new acquaintances, self-disclose with people, and ballet dance. She is fluent in 4 languages, and is current learning 2 anothers.

Instagram: @nazaro_va_leriia

Polina Chalienko is a winner of the European Union Eastern Partnership Scholarship Programme to graduate with an IB Diploma at The New School, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Born in Donetsk, Polina is a FLEX Alumna '19, a participant in a theater project for refugee teens, and she lived in 3 states, 6 cities and changed 8 schools.

Instagram: @_chalenko__

Nika Rudenko is a Sophomore student at Harvard University with a concentration in Integrative Biology and a secondary in Psychology.

She is also a FLEX Alumna '18, a winner of the National Biological Olympiad and an alternative candidate for the International Biological Olympiad, a research assistant and a co-author of Archeological Articles, a camp Model United Nations Ukraine counselor, the initiator of an autism awareness campaign, and a blog writer about education and the application process to US Universities

Instagram: @rudenko_nika

Anna Mykhailiuk is a FLEX Alumna '18 and a Biology Student at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU).

Born in Warsaw, Poland, Anna loves doing sports: She won sport medals and placed 1st and 3rd places in English writing competitions.

Instagram: @___anyam___

Olga Melnik is an International Relations student at the Institute Of International Relations (IIR), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU).

Born in Kyiv, Olga loves painting, dancing, sports, and studying new languages. And she won prizes at the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (JAS) in the fields of Biology, English, Ukrainian, History and Psychology.

Instagram: @thmelnik__th

Evelina Nakonechna is a Psychology Student at Ukrainian Catholic University, a FLEX Alumna 2020 and a National Honors Society Member 2020, one of the highest honors that can awarded to a student with a GPA of 4.25 and receiving 5 letters of recommendations that she demonstrates the 4 characteristics of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character. And she is an ENGin program volunteer.

In 2019, she received a Mayor Scholarship and a Letter of Appreciation for her High Academic Achievements and Leadership Skills.

And in 2019 and 2020, she won first place in Swimming at the regional level in various disciplines from 200 meters to Swim Relay, and she won the Award for Scholar-Athlete.

Instagram: @evelina_nakonechna