Arina Rozvadovska spent part of her childhood in Siberia, Russia, and finished school in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is an ethnic Ukrainian, and her identity is closely bound up with the culture and history of her native country. She graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in psychology, and she has dedicated her life to helping people in difficult situations. For some time she was a member of the local city council, where she developed and implemented social assistance programs for vulnerable groups. She was in Kyiv when the full-scale Russian invasion began in 2022. The experience was a turning point in her life, and it strengthened her resolve to work with people who have experienced trauma. In 2025, she joined the Theater of Veterans project in Kyiv as a professional psychologist. As part of this project, she wrote her play, I Don’t Want To. It was born of various real stories of Ukrainians united into a single work, and it conveys to the audience the emotions and experiences of those who live next door to an aggressive neighbor — Russia. The project provided her the opportunity to find new ways to express Ukraine’s collective pain and tenacious strength and allowed her to continue her work as a psychologist, where words and the dramatic stage can help heal souls.