Maria Voitovych graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2022 with a degree in art history. During her 4 years of study, she realized two things: knowledge is worthless if you are not ready to apply it in the future; and the fact that higher education in Ukraine should be private. She first learned about libertarianism in the first year of university. And then she became more familiar with its theoretical and practical components at the “Objectivist Thoughts Leaders Program” training program from the Ayn Rand Center Ukraine.

‘I am convinced that freedom and its ideals are the natural right of every person. We are born free, so freedom belongs to us as much as our own life. Here, at USF – a center of the most creative, active and talented youth – I can follow my values, fight for our and your freedom, and together build a society of worthy people who pave the way to happiness.’