Viktoria Kostova

Viktoria Kostova is an eighteen-year-old student from Bulgaria. Since a tender age, she realized that what triggers her altruistic perceptions is that she wants to be aware of this world and to contribute to its development. It dawned on her that her dedication should be aimed at helping people improve.

Viktoria works as a project manager for a variety of NGOs and festivals in Bulgaria like One DanceWeek, CapitalLiterature, DA LAB Foundation, Paths school, etc. She isinterestedin soundproduction, interactive education, and digital art.

She has been a lecturer on a psychological conference and a Junior Counselor in GLOW Leadership Academy, where she mentored sixty girls a year from all over Bulgaria on variable issues. Also, she has a lot of awards and publications in the field of literature.

Her voluntary work kept the ball rolling with her participation in AIESEC and Bulgarian Youth Red Cross, as well as in National Alliance for Volunteer Action. Meanwhile, she was a part of three Erasmus+ exchanges. Moreover, she helps Bulgarian Youth Forum with translations and texts for projects and she is on an internship position for Bauersachs Foundation as a 'Communication and Events Assistant'.

Viktoria Kostova's mentor is Iliana Schmatelka.

Note: Viktoria graduated from the mentoring programme in 2017 and she was 18 at the time.