Women’s Day Tribute : Tanya Shea

This is a special Women’s Day podcast, celebrating, saluting women I admire , who have inspired me and others, to join me in a 15 minute segment (English and French) to speak about their work as professionals in different sectors of the economy

Tanya Shea, President, People of Ukraine Foundation, USA

Bio : Tetyana Shea grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine in a military family. Her father is a combat veteran, went to war in Afghanistan, and served as a Chernobyl nuclear disaster rescue participant. Tetyana graduated from Taras Shevchenko Pedagogical College with a bachelor’s degree and worked as a teacher in Ukraine. She later worked at the “Partnership for Peace” Coordination Center, General Staff of Ukraine. Twenty years ago she moved to the US, and graduated from George Mason University with a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. After working as a teacher in Fairfax County, Mrs. Shea went abroad and supported the diplomatic missions and served as the President of the Attaché Spouses Association. After the Revolution of Dignity in 2016, Tetyana founded a non-profit People of Ukraine Foundation and manages charitable humanitarian educational projects and programs. Tetyana actively engages with civil society, non- governmental, and business organizations across Ukraine and the United States. In 2019 she established Hire Veterans of Ukraine Initiative and implemented English and Computer Classes Program for Ukrainian veterans and families to support the improvement of their professional qualifications. Tetyana published an article “Hire Combat Veterans of Ukraine Initiative” in the Business Ukraine Magazine (Spring 2021). Last year, People of Ukraine Foundation held the very first US-Ukraine Veteran Startup Exchange Forum. Tetyana was awarded the Presidential Order of

 Merit of Ukraine by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on December 2021.

Website : https://people-of-ukraine.org 

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