Marharyta Symerenko, born in 1999, studied political science in Ukraine. During her studies, she did her internship in the office of a deputy of the Ukrainian Parliament and dealt with anti-corruption issues, as well as correspondence with citizens on socially sensitive issues. She received a scholarship from the DAAD for her master’s degree and completed the double master’s programs in Ukraine and Germany with a focus on “German and European Studies”. Since February 2022 she has been working as a volunteer companion and language mediator for refugees from the Ukraine in Jena, Thuringia. She has been working at MobiJob as a mobile job advisor since December 2022. In her free time, she takes part in various excursions or meets up with friends.