Tasha is a writer and the head of a private kindergarten and school in Irpin. Even before the invasion, she had prepared an emergency action plan. With the hope that it would never be needed. But the war came. And even under stress, she remained a leader — for her family, for her staff, for the children. In the first hours of the invasion, her thoughts were not about herself. Her older son was with his grandmother at the time, so the main task became getting both of them to a safe place. Together with her husband, they rushed out of Irpin toward Kharkiv — against the flow of cars fleeing the danger zone. When Irpin was liberated, Tasha was among the first to return. The war did not pass her by — occupiers had lived in her home. The house was destroyed.