A Ukrainian-American woman from Philadelphia boarded a plane to Romania on Friday night with the goal of reaching Ukraine to help evacuate women and children besieged by war.
Svetlana Tikhonov is the founder of Quadrat Academy, a Montessori middle and high school in Northern Liberties. Her school has been collecting supplies for Ukrainian refugees. with a plan to use the funding on the front lines.
Tikhonov grew up in Kiev and left Ukraine with her family when she was 14. She traveled through five countries before settling in the United States. "I'll miss her terribly," Tikhonov said. "But this is important, I can not just sit and watch while people suffer, especially in my hometown."
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