{"id":32601,"date":"2015-12-20T10:07:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T09:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=32601"},"modified":"2015-12-20T12:17:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T11:17:57","slug":"faces-of-agora-kyiv-alya-vykhodtseva-and-viktoria-leonenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2015\/12\/20\/faces-of-agora-kyiv-alya-vykhodtseva-and-viktoria-leonenko\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces of Agora Ky\u00efv: Alya Vykhodtseva and Viktoria Leonenko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alya Vykhodtseva and Viktoria Leonenko are just two of the most active members during Agora Ky\u00efv. Alya was in the PR team and Viktoria was external communication and University team leader. They both learned a lot from this experience and enjoyed it while doing so. Naturally, because they did an amazing job, they were also nominated for Member of the Month, the Agora edition. So, we thought of asking them a few questions to get to know them better.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The AEGEEan:<\/strong> Hello, let us begin by introducing yourselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"12315157_975266005899290_1121826705_o\"Viktoria:<\/strong>\u00a0Hi! I am Viktoria Leonenko, Secretary of AEGEE-Ky\u00efv 2014\/2015 and Board Advisor 2015\/2016<\/p>\n

Alya:<\/strong>\u00a0I always thought one could easily meet a person like me in the transports or in the street. No, seriously, I’m just an average student from Ky\u00efv. I study psychology, try to do something else aside from lessons – including performances at the university and recently\u00a0AEGEE, – and I am quite a regular\u00a0and simple girl, absolutely the same as dozens of people in our city. I think that’s rather good than bad.<\/p>\n

How long have you been members of AEGEE?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Viktoria:<\/strong>\u00a0I joined AEGEE in April 2013, so, it\u2019s almost two\u00a0and a half years since I am a member of this amazing organisation.<\/p>\n

\"12325231_1525491287776069_1295165978_n\"<\/a>\u00a0Alya:<\/strong>\u00a0Right during the Agora I kind of celebrated my own small anniversary – six \u00a0months in AEGEE. I joined the\u00a0local in the middle of April this year, so I’m perfectly \u00a0sure the following years will give me way more AEGEE-experience then I have now. \u00a0[she smiles]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0What was your biggest accomplishment in AEGEE so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Viktoria:\u00a0<\/strong>Organising Autumn Agora Kyiv 2015 and the\u00a0ReBuilding Democracy project.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Alya:<\/strong>\u00a0Then again, I think in future (the nearest future, I believe) I will achieve way \u00a0more, but for now I already took part in some events, which definitely were a good piece of experience. After the LTC right after my “initiation”, I was a helper at the Ukrainian SU and it certainly exceeded all my expectations. I never thought it would be such a cool thing, and I’m happy it ended up\u00a0as such. Later I gave a hand with the organisation of a couple of parties and, of course, almost all the time spent\u00a0in AEGEE I worked for preparation of the Agora and I suppose it is my biggest achievement so far.<\/p>\n

What were your tasks during the Agora?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Viktoria:<\/strong>\u00a0I was External communication and University team leader. So, I was in charge of communication with the government and I negotiated for Agora location (Ky\u00efv National University Taras Shevchenko).<\/p>\n

Alya:\u00a0<\/strong>Since June I worked in\u00a0the brilliant PR team, which obviously was an amazing experience. Actually I think every\u00a0team did a lot for the event, and we are not an exception. Moreover, I’m proud that our team was responsible for creating the image of the Agora, and I think we did well. [she smiles]<\/em>\u00a0I was also responsible for the page of ReBuilding Democracy project and later, directly before the Agora, I worked in\u00a0PR at\u00a0the Agora Fair team, which also turned out\u00a0to be a group of amazingly warm, friendly and goal-oriented people. So I hope my small contribution to the overall work was one of the bricks which actually built the Agora.<\/p>\n

What was your overall impression of the Agora Kyiv?\u00a0\"12309012_975266025899288_2045021071_n\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Viktoria:\u00a0<\/strong>We had been working hard during the year and I hope that participants enjoyed what we have done as for us it\u2019s the most important thing. For me Agora happened too fast, so I even didn\u2019t notice how it was and I didn\u2019t enjoy it as before. By the way, Agora is my favorite AEGEE event. To be honest after Agora I had mixed\u00a0feelings: on the one hand, I felt finally released from Agora\u2019s headache [she laughs]<\/em> and on the other hand, I felt empty and I realized that I need to change values and start another page in my life.<\/p>\n

Alya:\u00a0<\/strong>I had waited for it since the first time I heard about it. And I must admit it was even better than I imagined. Just the fact of hundreds foreigners coming to Ky\u00efv and Ukrainian students coordinating everything seemed almost impossible to me. I’m proud it turned out\u00a0to be not only possible, but also well-organised and of great quality.<\/p>\n


\n\"11232240_988574324538408_7322162792132460668_o\"<\/a>Do you have any future plans in AEGEE?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Viktoria:<\/strong>\u00a0Now I am Board Advisor. I will help and advise our lovely new board. For sure, I will support the new Secretary, but she is doing a really great job even without me. [she laughs]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Alya:<\/strong>\u00a0Not that I had some certain plans, but I already imagine what would I like to do and for now it seems to be something inbetween PR and organising events. As exams are coming I’d probably spend some time studying in the following months, but after that I’m going to pay way more attention to AEGEE things and maybe offer a couple of ideas for spending time together, for example. As for some long-term plans…well, I never plan those ahead, because nobody knows what can happen and change them all, right? So I have a rough idea, but won’t plan everything in detail. [she smiles]<\/em><\/p>\n

What are your future plans in life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Viktoria:<\/strong>\u00a0I prefer to keep in secret my future plans and to only\u00a0show results. [she laughs]<\/em><\/p>\n

Alya:<\/strong>\u00a0Difficult to say for sure as well, but I have some general aims and directions. To start with, I’m thinking about\u00a0getting a master’s degree abroad – most likely \u00a0in the Netherlands, so for now I consider possible variants and study languages. Besides, I’d really love to get some experience in working with human resources, so as soon as education allows me (in Ukraine it’s around the third year at university), I’m planning to put it in practice\u00a0at a job. But aside from that, I’ve also always loved writing and have\u00a0some experience in writing articles, so I think trying journalism can be a good idea as well – really, why not? What I’d love to be a part of my future is travelling. I already know that as soon as I can afford it all by myself, I’ll visit Iceland – always dreamed to see the land of ice and fire with my own eyes. I have an amazing example in my family – a person, who inspires me a lot and who visited almost all European countries, a couple of Asian countries and the USA, so I sincerely hope to overcome this amount of countries. [she smiles]<\/em><\/p>\n

What hobbies do you have? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Viktoria:<\/strong>\u00a0I love riding the bicycle, reading dystopian novels, hitchhiking and, of course, travelling!\"12238160_988566397872534_5981615050737856981_o\"<\/p>\n

Alya:\u00a0<\/strong>When I’m asked this question, I understand everything I do as a hobby is very amateur, but still, I love it. Probably my biggest love is music – I can hardly imagine a day without singing, playing or at least listening to my favourite tracks. Maybe if in my early\u00a0childhood I had decided to dedicate my whole life to it, I would\u00a0be a music student now, but I happen to play just for my own pleasure and I’m not complaining about it. Anyway, I always loved the feeling of getting myself lost in music and I think it will always take a special place in my heart. Another thing I love is writing and I’m used to write poems and stories since I wrote a fairytale when I was 5 and my mom said I will be a great writer. But then again, it is still a hobby and writing helps rather\u00a0to splash out some emotions. I also have a couple of hobbies people sometimes consider to be unusual for a girl. For example, as almost all men in my family work with computers and electronics, I watched it since childhood and, of course, I was extremely interested in it. So, now I’m able to fix some small problems with my computer by myself, but somehow it surprises or even scares people – I honestly have no idea, why! Also, I have always loved cars and recently I took the course of traffic rules and engine building, and while others are listening to music or talking while sitting in the car, I watch the road from the front seat, rate the passing cars and discuss the new Hyundai and the last generation of Ford Fusion. On top of that, I love watching football and can name all the players of FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen. I have absolutely no idea why people say these are not things for girls – I think they just don’t know too many girls. [she smiles]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Written by Gabriela Gean\u0103, AEGEE-Bucure\u0219ti<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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