Svitlana Iotko (Zavhorodnya) was born on November 24, 1983, in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine.
She graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the Construction Academy in Dnipro, and also simultaneously studied English and television journalism.
At the age of 17, Svitlana made a conscious decision to follow Christ.
The first collection of poems “I Am Free” was published in 2019.
Several of her poems were set to music and became songs.
In April 2021, together with her husband Svyatoslav and three children, Svitlana moved to the USA, to the city of Sacramento, where she started a motivational program “Beautiful People” on local radio.
In 2022, Svitlana’s poetry was published in the almanac “New Times.”