Yaroslava Yuriyivna Kravchenko (January 7, 1987, Uman) is a Ukrainian TV presenter, public figure, founder and director of the Wild Theater.
She was born in Uman. At the age of 13 she moved to Kyiv in order to become an athlete like her father. She graduated from Kyiv Sports Lyceum-Boarding School (volleyball section). I got into the theatrical sphere contrary to my parents.
She graduated from the Ivan Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Film and Television with a degree in Theater Studies. From 2004 to 2007 she was engaged in cultural journalism, wrote theatrical reviews, interviewed and collected analytical materials for the publications "Ukrainian Theater", "Dnipro", "Case", "Ground floor", "Newspaper in Ukrainian", "Theater and Concert Kyiv","Countermark"," Day".
From 2010 to 2011 she was the art director of the Kyiv Aeronautical Society. In 2007-2012, she headed the PR department of the Kyiv Young Theater. From 2011 to 2012, Kravchenko was the editor-in-chief of the Ministry of Culture section of the Ministry of Industry.
Work on television
2011 - editor of the TV show "Let's get married" (for channel 1+1);
2012-2014 - editor, journalist of the show "Ukraine Speaks" (for the channel Ukraine);
2014 researcher and editor of the show "Surprise" (for the New Channel);
2014-2016 - headed the Information and PR Service at the Franko National Theater;
2015-2016 - Editor-in-Chief of the analytical portal POLEMIX (closed in 2016);
February 10, 2016 - became the founder and producer of the independent "Wild Theater";
In 2017, she co-hosted Michael Schur in the program "#@)₴?$0" (Toronto Television).
Awards and achievements
Winner of the Kyiv Pectoral Theater Award.
Entered the "TOP - 100 people of culture of Ukraine 2017" according to the magazine "New Time".
According to FOCUS magazine, she is on the list of the 100 most influential women in Ukraine (2021).
Social activities
Participant in the Revolution of Dignity. Chief of Staff of the 39th Women's Hundred.
In 2019, UN-Women in Ukraine announced that Yaroslava Kravchenko had become an ambassador for the international solidarity movement for gender equality HeForShe.
