Halyna Shcherba

I’m from Mykolaiv. Years ago, there were no Ukrainian-language schools in our city, and at mine, I was exempt from Ukrainian language classes. But I had known the language well from childhood and later enrolled in the Faculty of Philology. After graduation, I worked as a radio and TV presenter, progressing from a morning show host to a producer and head of the morning editorial team.

After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I was forced to evacuate from Mykolaiv to France. There, I collaborated with Suspilne, the UkrYouTubeProject team, and the Evacuation.City.

In 2023, in Nancy, I became a moderator of the Ukrainian conversation club of the Yedyni Initiative, and later joined the international community of coaches for adults learning the Ukrainian language. As a producer, I also organized screenings of Ukrainian documentary films in Lorraine.

All my life, I’ve been looking for people who are passionate about their work — and telling their stories.