"Tasha Torba was born in the village of Nova Oleksandrivka in the Kyiv region. She has lived in Irpin for more than 20 years and has two sons. She created an ethnic kindergarten and a school called Kotyhoroshko in the city, where children are raised in Ukrainian traditions. She runs her own art studio, Creative Makitra. The heroic events in her hometown inspired her to create the image of a fairy-tale hero who supports the residents and helps them through the difficult realities of war. "