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IBAN UA723220010000026207356936820, SWIFT/BIC code UNJSUAUKXXX, receiver HRYBCHUK DARYNA.
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Hi! I'm Daryna, a student from a low-income Ukrainian family. I'm into robotics, deep learning, and 3D processing. My goal for this fall is to enroll in a community college in the US; then, in the spring, transfer to MIT or Stanford. My dream is to rebuild Ukraine after the war.
800 days of war in Ukraine has not stopped me.
How to Donate
- Bank transfer:
- IBAN UA723220010000026207356936820
- SWIFT/BIC code UNJSUAUKXXX
- Receiver HRYBCHUK DARYNA
- GoFundMe: they take a cut but donate here if it's best for you!
GoFundMe doesn't let me receive money directly because Ukraine is an "unsupported country," so my former teacher Laker Newhouse made it for me.
My vision
I want to modernize Ukrainian education by creating labs with up-to-date tech. I believe we have to shift from the post-Soviet model requiring graduate degrees for research as after the war, Ukraine will need professionals who would have practical skills to rebuild the country. I need $31,082 to cover the first year of my studies (De Anza College cost breakdown), and I'm confident I can return the expertise to my country tenfold.
I developed an AI real-time translator for educational videos and other projects while being a student at the Ukraine Leadership & Technology Academy (ULTA).
Now, I am working on developing AI low-cost imitation learning for robotic arms that I assembled, and will continue it in FR8, a 3-month-long startup accelerator in Finland.
This summer I am joining the MIT Summer Geometry Initiative to research 3D processing and ML for 3D reconstruction.
Your donation can help me to move forward and continue building things ten times faster.
My Story
Today, I feel strong, capable, and excited, but I faced great adversity in my childhood.
When I was 7, my father went to war in 2014, when Russia invaded Ukraine, annexing Crimea and attacking eastern Ukraine.
When I was 12, my grandfather, my first math teacher, began forgetting who I was. This was the same man who had always been my inspiration, guiding me through math lessons over our crackling cell phone from his tiny village without internet or reliable transportation, before Alzheimer's disease took his memories.
When I was 15, I was woken up by the sound of a missile attack. On February 24, 2022, Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
I am open to chat, contact me: [email protected] or by WhatsApp +380984829069
Website built by Daryna Hrybchuk, Andrii Zahorodnii (MIT '24), and Laker Newhouse (MIT '25). Contact: Daryna Hrybchuk, [email protected]