Yuliana Lavrysh is a professor, Head of the Department of English for Engineering at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.” Her academic background includes a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)in Didactics  and a PhD in Education,  She has authored over 120 scholarly publications, with her research interests in ESP methodology, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), resilient pedagogy, and virtual exchange.