Yuliia Yepifanova is a lawyer, who has devoted her research to the study of teachers' copyrights in the higher education system. For 15 years she has worked in higher education, where she served as teacher and developed educational programs. Moreover, she has coordinated the project «University center of formation of culture of the city», which is being successfully implemented in Kharkiv and Kyiv, Ukraine. She has worked at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as a state expert on legal drafting with a focus on the development of legal acts in vocational education. Since 2020, she is with Swisscontact and is now responsible as Line manager for private sector engagement. Yuliia is an author and has successfully engaged private companies in cooperation with the vocational education system and public authorities. She is a mother of two children and lives in Kyiv.