Rebekah Maciorowski | @bekamaciorowsk
- Rebekah Maciorowski, 28, traveled to Ukraine in March 2022 to volunteer as a combat nurse.
- She will spend Thanksgiving on the frontline and plans on staying in Ukraine until the war is won.
- She said the soldiers she works with are like "her family."
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rebekah Maciorowski, 28, about her decision to move from Denver, Colorado, to Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion last year. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I'm a registered travel nurse and I came over to Ukraine in March 2022.