[7] In 2013 completed internship in the office of Peter Julian, Member of the House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament.

Before being elected People's Deputy of Ukraine Shkrum worked as a parliamentary assistant for of (fellow) politician Iryna Herashchenko and Igor Alekseyev in the 7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (2012 – 2014).

[8][4] In 2014, Shkrum was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on the party list (placed 5th) of Batkivshchyna.

[4][9] She was included in the party's electoral list in an open competition as a member of the Professional Government initiative.

[21] The MP also holds the 2016 Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for her significant personal contribution to the reform of local self-government.