Founder, DAWN
Yulia Brockdorf
Ternopil, Ukraine
Yulia Brockdorf was born in Ternopil and grew up in Ukraine's Luhansk region.
- Born in Ternopil
- Co-founder and president of DAWN
- Ukrainian Winterfest in Portland
- Fifteen trips to the front line
- Psychotherapist in Hillsboro
“Cultural diplomacy and also cultural mental health work really make a difference.”
Upcoming events
Dinner concert with Inna Kovtun at Chira'sInna Kovtun sings Ukrainian songs while Chira's serves a special Ukrainian menu. Proceeds go to aid for Ukraine through D.A.W.N.
Inna KovtunChira's Restaurant · SalemfreeUkrainian WinterfestD.A.W.N.'s winter festival in Portland, with Inna Kovtun among the performers. Her set time has not been announced.Inna KovtunHoly Trinity Greek Orthodox ChurchFree
Inna KovtunChira's Restaurant · SalemfreeUkrainian WinterfestD.A.W.N.'s winter festival in Portland, with Inna Kovtun among the performers. Her set time has not been announced.Inna KovtunHoly Trinity Greek Orthodox ChurchFreeShe founded Supplies for Life and volunteered there for ten years. In 2022, as the full-scale war began, she co-founded the Portland nonprofit DAWN and became its board president. DAWN presents Ukrainian Winterfest, with music, food and folk crafts, as well as concerts by Inna Kovtun and an evening of Shevchenko's poetry.
By profession she is a psychotherapist and integrative dietitian based in Hillsboro. Several times a year she carries medical supplies to the front line herself and works there as a therapist; in May 2026 she came back from her fifteenth trip.
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