daria shyshenko joins me now. here. >> thank you for asking me to be here. >> so, what made you want to start teaching? and how has it been so far interacting with these children? >> well, i came to school to send my some to polish school. and i just overheard teachers talking that they need a teacher. and i tell them, i'm a teacher. maybe you would like to have me the part of your team. and that's how i came to be a teacher. that's how i became part of the teaching program for ukrainian refugees. >> i love that you saw a need and you filled it. i feel like that's sort of a universal lesson for all of us. tell us more about your own journey out of ukraine and how you are able to get out safely with your own son. >> we had a long journey. i woke up at 5:00, the 24th of february, to go for a run. and then i had a telephone call from my friend. and she told me that the war has started. she told me, pack your things and go. so, i had to wake my son up. and we had only 20 minutes. we just took documents and my son and