Irina, the daughter of a Moldovan father and a Ukrainian mother, who in her youth lived in the beautiful Crimea, was devasted when the war in Ukraine had started, and couldn’t sit idly by and watch Ukraine being destroyed by Russia.

She speaks Romanian, Russian, some Ukrainian, and some Spanish, so she volunteered before as a translator for Seattle’s Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and hosted Afghani refugees at her home through World Relief. She is also active in the Moldovan community in the USA.

But these are not ordinary times, so she asked herself what she can do to help Ukraine? That’s when she took in the first Ukrainian family, who became refugees because of this war, and ultimately became an active member of Ukraine Defense Support.

Irina’s Bio Highlights

• Graduate of State University of Moldova, Bachelor’s Degree in Translation
• Currently an independent writer, a member of Author Event Network, and Pacific Northwest Writers Coop. You can see her at book events and Ukraine Defense Support fundraising events around King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties.
• Previous experiences: Manager at Seattle Specialty Insurance Company (later National General) & Account Manager at Universal Language Services.