Age: 17

What city are you from: Zaporizhzhia 

City you live in: Zaporizhzhia

Started attending Svitlo School: March 2022

Responsibilities: 

I participate in and help out with everything I can. Besides more formal means of helping, one of my hobbies is to motivate students to have positive emotions and interest them in joining the student council.

• Psychology for Teens (by Teens Discussion): I teach this class where we discuss the psychology and mental state of teenagers. The most common topics we cover during the lessons are improving self-esteem and finding one’s self-concept.
• Head of Buddies: I help older students join Svitlo School, assign them to their individual buddies, and serve as a buddy myself.
• Mentor for Younger Mini-Prefects: I help mini-prefects understand their duties and teach them discipline and responsibility.
• Ambassador of House Cambria: This role involves managing prefects, facilitating communication between students, and organising school events and meetings.
• Social Media Management: I take an active role in the management and creation of content for Svitlo’s social media platforms. I am a writer for our blog, a designer and manager of reels for Instagram, and a manager for Facebook and TikTok.
• Global Goals Project: I am part of Svitlo’s team in this project, where we work on creating an online and offline library in Ukraine, allowing anyone to borrow an English book for free.
• Business Case Competition: I participated in a competition from Deloitte Digital and UCL, where my team created a rebranding strategy for an educational charity in Africa.
• Head of Prefects: I manage all the prefects at Svitlo and actively communicate with the teachers to ensure the smooth operation of the school.
• Event Organiser: I organise themed events at Svitlo School.

Plans for the future:

I want to stay happy and become a leader who can make the world a better place. My goal is to constantly work on myself and learn something new, as well as to bring smiles to the people around me and to myself. I would like to continue to give warmth to everyone, including myself, because I sincerely want all people to be happy, just as I am now. Currently, I aim to get into a university in the UK or another country in Europe to receive a high-quality education and hone my leadership skills every day. I aspire to become a specialist in my profession, travel to different countries to gain more experience, and meet people who dream big and take bold actions. I want to be able to look into my own eyes in the future and see how much I have grown.

During my two years at Svitlo, I realised how important it is to have a broad mindset, because only then can you understand people and learn something new. This is why I also want to travel to the countries of the EU and Asia. I want to constantly learn something new and build the best version of myself. I still have a lot to discover and understand, and that is why I will not stop learning, so that I can improve myself and become a strong and independent woman.

One sentence that describes Nastya:‍

"A stream of positive energy that does not burn out, the purpose of which is to make people smile and confidently achieve the goal!!!”

What Svitlo School is for Nastya:

Svitlo School is my dream come true. I am still surprised that there is a positive corner in this world where all people are friendly and cheerful! Svitlo is a place where I want to stay forever. Even though this organisation is called a "school," I consider it a home for me, a place I always want to come back to. Despite these terrible times in the world, the light in my heart continues to grow, and it's all thanks to the people who surround me now.

Scholarship from Svitlo: 

• Pearson Academy Online full time from September 2023, graduating in 2025, 
• 2 weeks in BOSS in summer 2023, 
• 3 weeks in ISSOS, Yale University, USA in summer 2024

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