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SOFIIA ZAIKOVA
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Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English
EDUCATION
Basic Secondary Education September 2014 - June 2023
Berestyn Lyceum No. 3, Berestyn, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Served as Class Representative
Received awards for participation in multiple academic competitions and school projects
Maintained excellent academic performance (GPA: 11.4/12)
Art School September 2018 - May 2022
Berestyn Children’s Art School, Berestyn, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Participated in numerous art competitions both in Ukraine and internationally, earning awards and
recognitions
Participated in a charity initiative selling art postcards to civilians in Poltava, raising $157, with all
proceeds donated to support the medical treatment of military personnel at the Military Medical
Clinical Center of the Northern Region in Kharkiv
Junior Specialist (Professional Junior Bachelor) in Law (081 “Law”) September 2023 - Present
Separate Structural Subdivision "Poltava Professional College of Yaroslav
Mudryi National Law University", Poltava, Ukraine
Excellent academic performance (GPA: 5/5)
Head of the Legal Education Sector and a member of the Student Council
Founder of the college debate club; organized and moderated debates on fundamental legal and
practical disciplines for students of different years; actively participated in debates, achieving three
team victories
Served as class representative for the elective course “Foreign Language (Professional Focus)”
Member of the college scholarship committee
Awarded a personal scholarship by the Poltava City Council for outstanding academic achievements
Initiator and moderator of the Docudays UA film club at the college
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Founder of the online club “Diversity of National Cultures”, bringing September 2024 - Present
together 22 participants from 9 different countries who share
interesting facts about their national cultures and exchange
international experience
Actively participate in national and international surveys through U- September 2023 - Present
Report Ukraine
Designer and translator for the online magazine “Y&M” about September 2024 - October 2024
teenage problems
Conducted research on improving the education system in Ukraine September 2024 - October 2024
by surveying 64 respondents
Completed an internship in local self-government within the program January 2025 - March 2025
"Community Power: Youth in Action" (“Сила громади: молодь в дії”)
Served as an ambassador of the "LEYC" (“Молодіжна столиця May 2025 - December 2025
Європи 2025”) in Poltava
Completed internships at a court June 2025 - July 2025;
January 2026 - February 2026
Awarded a €500 mini-grant to organize and implement the project August 2025 - October 2025
"Know Your Rights" (“Знай свої права”), which included 5 training
sessions with interactive legal education lectures for youth
Member of the First Digital Youth Parliament of Ukraine September 2025 - February 2026