Life

Successes

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• forbidden • graduated • achieve • develop• tried• finished • got married

• gave birth• donated• admired• improved• gained

• Oksana was born on the tenth of July 1979.

• She was born in Krasnohorovka, Donetsk region.

• Oksana grew up in a nice typical family.

• Her mother worked as a teacher of Ukrainian at school #1, and her father was a driver at the plant.

• Oksana attended the “Kolobok” kindergarten and adored listening to fairytales, especially stories about animals.

• From 1986 to 1996 Oksana studied at school #4.

• She was an excellent student.

• In the third class, she even became a member of the pioneer organization, but next year the organization was forbidden.

• Every summer Oksana’s parents tried to give her the opportunity to go to summer camp, where she met a lot of really interesting people.

• In 1996 Oksana finished school and got a gold medal for excellent achievement during her studies.

• After finishing school, she left her native town, and entered the Donbas National Pedagogical University in Sloviansk.

• Oksana chose the faculty of foreign languages.

• She had a dream to open her own English language school.

• Oksana graduated from the university in 2001. She worked as a teacher of English in a Donetsk school.

• Later she got married and gave birth to her first son.

• War started in 2014.• Life in Donetsk

changed completely.• Oksana’s family

decided to move to Kyiv and start a new life.

• At the beginning, they lived with relatives, and later rented one room.

• Oksana saw an advertisement for a Kyiv language school. They were looking for an experienced English teacher.

• Oksana applied for the position of language teacher.

• She was invited to the interview and hired.

• The salary was good enough to rent a whole flat in Kyiv.

• Oksana really liked her job. However, she was thinking about her own business.

• She also met other colleagues who had the same plans for their careers.

• Three friends, including Oksana, worked together to reach their goals.

• They created an English center of translation and became successful.

• The number of clients at their English center increased every month.

• They developed their business quickly because their service was of the highest quality.