Kasia is a political scientist specializing in theory and practice of civil society development in post-communist countries. Both on a professional and personal level, she is deeply fascinated with history and culture of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. Throughout her career she lived and worked in Romania, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Georgia. Wherever she goes, she collects personal stories and explores how the power of sharing can help people build a meaningful dialogue across cultural differences.
As vice-chairperson of Upstream Stories, besides actively working as digital storytelling facilitator, she is also one of the team members responsible for developing international projects and building partnership with NGOs across Europe.
Richard first started getting associated with facilitation of projects in 2018, improving his skills and competences ever since. His biggest passion comes from his interest in storytelling which gets expressed in writing, drawing, filmmaking and photography. With these 10+ projects under his belt, he has accumulated a broad international network which he keeps in contact with for future collaborations. Currently working in a different field, his heart lies in non-formal education and spends any free time into exploring that field more and more often.
Richard is board member of Upstream Stories.