Highly motivated, eager to learn and intelligent personality. Possesses excellent leadership, communication and creative problem solving abilities and research skills. Ready to relocate, will travel.

• Sept. 1999 - June 2003: Odessa National University, Odessa, Ukraine. Bachelor's degree in Psychology. 

• Sept. 2002 - June 2003: Civic Education Project, Odessa National University, Institute of Social Sciences, Odessa, Ukraine. Took three classes "International Politics in Theory and Practice", "Politics and Theories of European Integration" and "Theorizing Foreign Policy Making" by CEP Visiting Lecturer.

• Sept. 2001 - May 2002: St.Bonaventure University, NY 14778, USA. Enrolled in one-year cultural exchange program as a finalist of Freedom Support Act Undergraduate program, majoring in Journalism/Mass Communication. Was chosen to participate through a highly competitive selection process.

• September 2000/March 2001: Participated in the German - Ukrainian exchange studies program "Tandem". Conducted land study research in Regensburg, Germany during March 2001. Have an article "Kinder in Regensburg" ("Children in Regensburg") due for publication.  ["Kinder in Regensburg"]

• Marketing manager @ marketing department of network retail food stores “Natalka”. June - December 2003.
• Intern. Wrote features and opinion articles @ St. Bonaventure University campus newspaper “The BonaVenture.” Jan. – May, 2002.
• Web-master's assistant. Responsible for enhancing web-site's content. @ Computer Science Department in St. Bonaventure University. Over spring semester (Jan. - May) 2002.
• Supervisor of Sales Managers @ JV "Darl", Odessa, Ukraine. November 2000 - April 2001.
• English-Russian Translator, August - November 2000.
• Personal English-Russian Interpreter, summer 1998.

Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Front Page; various Internet tools: e-mail programs, browsers, HTML editors; Corel Draw 9.0, 11.0; Photoshop 7.0.

Russian (native), English (fluent), Ukrainian (good), German (good), Italian (elem.) 

• Freedom Support Act Undergraduate Program fellowship for study in St. Bonaventure University, NY, USA over 2001/2002 academic year by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).

• Grant from Public Affairs Section of the U. S. Embassy in Ukraine to partially cover my participation The European International Model United Nations 2002 conference, held on July 4-10, 2002 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

• "University Award" - Alumni Small Grant from American Councils for International Education for organization of Model United Nations Club in Odessa National University.

• Sept. 2003 – present: European Student’s Forum “AEGEE”, member.

• February 8, 2004: took part in seminar: “Art of Negotiation” in Kharkiv.

• February 7, 2004: participated in seminar “Grant Reporting” in Kyiv.

• December 20, 2003: participated in PR seminar “The Use of PR methods in NGOs’ activity”, in Kharkiv, organized by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.

• September - November, 2003: working as Secretary General of Odessa National University Model United Nations conference 2003. Organizing the whole event - starting from planning & fundraising and up to coordinating the work of Organizers Team (7 members).

• June 6, 2003: Participated in Workshop “Academic Research: Process and Methods”, in Kyiv, Ukraine, conducted by Yi-Lee Wong, CEP Visiting Fellow.

• May 24, 2003: Participated in PR-training, conducted by Counterpart Creative Center in Odessa, Ukraine.

• May 8 – 11, 2003: Represented United Nations Organization in GUUAM workshop during “Black Sea Cooperation - Reality and Perspectives” conference in Odessa National University, Odessa, Ukraine.

• April 5 – 6, 2003: Chaired ECOSOC committee during Introductory Model United Nations Conference for FSA/Future Leaders Exchange Program Alumni (Also, prepared the work of the committee for several weeks prior to the event) in Lviv, Ukraine.

• March 27 - 30, 2003: represented Italy in Political Issues Committee during the 1st FSA Undergraduate Program Alumni Regional Conference "NATO and Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus", in Kyiv, Ukraine.

• March 3 – 7, 2003: represented United States of America in World International Property Organization workshop during Geneva International Model United Nations (GIMUN) 2003 conference, held in UN Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

• January 26, 2003: conducted a Mini Model United Nations in IATP center in Mykolayv, Ukraine.

• January 25, 2003: took part in Freedom Support Act (FSA) Undergraduate alumni Leadership Seminar in Kyiv, Ukraine.

• December 21 – 22, 2002: took part in National Student Parliamentary Debate Tournament, organized by Kharkiv city charity fund "AVEC" within ACTR/ACCELS LIGP-supported project "Effective communications course creation and development" in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

• December 14 – 15, 2002: took part in Student Debate and Policymaking Workshop “Ukraine and International World: Economic, Political, and Legal Aspects of Integration”, organized by CEP-BUM, in Odessa State Economics University in Odessa, Ukraine

• November 30 – December 1, 2002: served as a Charge d’Affaires of Odessa National University Model United Nations conference. October and November 2002: worked as Charge d’ Affaires, organizing the whole conference. For more info on the conference, please see its web-site: www.onumun.iatp.org.ua – Odessa, Ukraine.

• October 19, 2002: took part in a Grant-writing seminar, conducted by Counterpart Creative Center in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

• October 11 - 12, 2002: Served as a consultant in ECOSOC committee during Third Regional high-school Model UN 2002 "A Step into New Millenium", Odessa, Ukraine

• August 17 - 21, 2002: Participated in 2nd Ukrainian-Russian International Youth Camp "Challenges of Our Generation", that took place in Odessa, Ukraine.

• July 4 - 10, 2002: As a grantee of Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States of America in Ukraine, was honored to represent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg during the simulation the European Council at The European International Model United Nations 2002 conference, that took place in the Hague, the Netherlands.  [My report]

• Sept. 2001 - May 2002: American Advertising Federation, member.
  Jan. - May 2002: Participated in 2001-02 Bank of America Investment Services, Inc. Case Study as a head of E-commerce team.  
• Sept. 2001 - May 2002: Finance Club, member. Participated in fund-raising events; went to 2 field trips to Toronto and to Chicago.
• Sept. 2001 - May 2002: Management Club, member. Participated in fund-raising events; went to a field trip to Boston. 
• Sept. 2001 - May 2002: Model United Nations club, participant. Took part in McGill Model United Nations 2002 in Montreal, Canada from Jan. 24th to Jan. 27th, 2002. Helped organize and served as an Assistant Chair in UNEP Committee at St. Bonaventure high-school Model United Nations 2002. 
• Jan. - May 2002: Public Relations Student Society of America, member.

• Kinder in Regensburg [in German] - due for publication summer 2003 (currently, online only @ http://www.oocities.org/zh_olga/ Kinder_in_Regensburg.html ) An article, written as a result of German - Ukrainian exchange studies program "Tandem" - study research in Regensburg, Germany during March 2001

• Column: MyTEIMUN…TEIMUN Daily, Issue V, Mon., July 8, 2002.

• Ukrainian Exchange Student Takes Lessons, Memories Home. The BonaVenture, Issue 25, Fri., April 26, 2002 (online @ http://home.sbu.edu/bonaventure/2002spring/20020426/perspectives.html#goodriddance )

• Hard work, Parties, Montreal: Model UN 2002. The BonaVenture, Issue 17, Fri., Feb. 22, 2002 (online @ http://students.sbu.edu/bonaventure/2002spring/20020222/features.html#hard)

• Student of the Week. Bonaventure Computer Science Alumni Magazine – online only @ http://web.sbu.edu/cs/studentoftheweek/

• Featured Alum. Online with Alumni (Bonaventure Computer Science Alumni Magazine – online only @ http://web.sbu.edu/cs/alumnimag/news/alumni/watn_3.html

• Psychology in I. I. Mechnikov Odessa State University: Yesterday and Today – an article prepared for Students’ scientific conference dedicated to the 135th anniversary of Odessa State University