Anna is originally from Ukraine, and she's had to leave her home, her possessions, and her country as she knew it when war struck in her country.

Her personal story of leaving Ukraine through my native Romania from where she eventually got into a plane, is harrowing, and difficult to digest.

Nonetheless, Anna always has a smile on, and takes life as it comes her way, accepting the best, and the worst with toughness, and grace.

Her strength, and resilience is an inspiration to me but I only wish that we lived in a world where people didn't have to go through similar experiences as her's, and we stopped unnecessary wars leading to generational trauma, and loss at so many levels.

It is worth mentioning that according to the United Nations, Russia’s three years of mass attacks on Ukraine are having a devastating effect on women and girls, with 1,869,000 internally displaced, almost 6.7 million women in need of humanitarian assistance, and more than 3,799 women and 289 girls killed, with the actual number of deaths likely much higher.