Alina Baryshok

Graduated in 2026

Impact: A program for young people, especially girls, in small communities: free workshops, trainings and mentoring sessions on leadership, communication, financial basics and self-confidence, with peer mentoring and a safe space for psychological support.

Volunteer work:

• Aid drives for soldiers and for residents of the Sumy border region affected by the war: collecting and sorting donations, and spreading the word on social media

• Coordinating student and educational initiatives at the Medical Institute of Sumy State University

From: Sumy, Sumy Oblast, Northeastern Ukraine

Top Issues:

• War and armed conflict

• Climate change and the environmental crisis

• Social inequality and unequal access to opportunity

Interested in:

• Finance

• Business

• Economics

• Entrepreneurship

• Science

• Research

• Government

• Civil Society

• Nonprofits

• Medicine

• Healthcare

• Education

• History

• Culture

• Arts