Reflections of Courage and Resiliency in Ukraine

Natalia Rudsynska, formerly Natalia Valevska, is the International Partnership Director of EdCamp Ukraine.  Natalia was married in 2024.

Our host, Elaine Miller-Karas, has been providing support to Ukrainian teachers, children and community members since before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

This is a time to honor our Ukrainian friends and colleagues and stand with them.

During this encore show, Natalia shares her insights from living in her beloved country, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of February 2022.

She will discuss her experiences and work with EdCamp Ukraine, an association of over 40,000 teachers, including her association with the Trauma Resource Institute.

She will describe how, out of her despair over the war, she began helping with the resiliency support meetings co-sponsored by EdCamp Ukraine and the Trauma Resource Institute.

She expresses her passion for helping her country now and her vision of creating support for her people in the future when the war ends.

She is dedicated to the children of Ukraine and how to support their teachers, parents, and community through SEE Learning.