Anna Kožemjakin was born in 1986 in Ukraine. She obtained her MA in History and Jewish studies at the International Solomon University in Kiev, Ukraine. Anna studied at "Paideia - European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden“. before moving to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2009, where she volunteered in the Jewish community and worked in the Sunday school, on art projects, and preparing prayer books for the community. In 2017, Anna joined Centropa as our coordinator in Bosnia.

Jelena Krucicanin is a teacher of Serbian language and literature at The Third Grammar School in Belgrade. She graduated from the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, and has been working as a teacher for more than 15 years. Jelena has attended many seminars and workshops on Jewish history, including Centropa seminars in Sarajevo and Skopje, as well as Centropa Summer Academy. She has been a mentor teacher in many schools and international school projects, most of them related to the topics about WW2, the Holocaust, culture of remembrance etc.