Yuliia Elyas is the lead of VATAHA’s advocacy team, dedicated to amplifying the rights and voices of displaced people. She is also a visual artist working with painting and image-based research. Since 2023, Yuliia has been the initiator and co-curator of the Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary—a multilingual, transdisciplinary project fostering decolonial discourse from Ukrainian perspectives.
Through her work at VATAHA, Yuliia weaves together advocacy, education, and art to create spaces for dialogue, critical thinking, and empowerment.