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Yuliya Rimsky expects to complete her M.S. degree in negotiation and conflict resolution in February, 2012, at Columbia University. Her master’s thesis is focused around the role of youth organizations in Ukraine’s national unity building efforts. Rimsky’s post-baccalaureate studies include international human rights, international political economics, game theory and political thought, terrorism and counterterrorism, and current developments in Russia and Ukrainian diplomacy. She received her B.A. in political science and psychology from Baruch College and an M.A. in philology (as a teacher of English and German languages and literature) from Cherkasy National University, Ukraine.

Rimsky has served as a program development officer at the Search for Common Ground Indonesia in Jakarta and has worked as a consultant for the United Nations Population Fund Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office in New York. Her current interests include youth development and leadership programs--transformative programs supporting international, national, and community-based conflict management initiatives.