Daria Khrystenko is a Ukrainian teacher, refugee and humanitarian, known for speaking widely about her experience of fleeing the conflict in Ukraine and rebuilding her life in Poland.

[1][2][3][4] Khrystenko was a teacher living in Kyiv until she fled the country with her mother and son due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[1][3] In June 2022, Khrystenko joined six other women and girls from around the world who wrote to G7 leaders ahead of the G7 Summit.

[7][8][9][3] In February 2023, Khrystenko returned to her hometown in Ukraine to visit her father and grandmother for the first time since the conflict began.

[1] She was interviewed about this experience by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Helen Pankhurst in the #Walk4Women podcast, produced by Stylist Magazine and CARE International.