SACRAMENTO – As part of the California State Assembly’s annual celebration of Women’s History Month, Assemblyman Josh Hoover (R-Folsom) recognized Tanya Kravchuk as the 7th Assembly District’s Woman of the Year for 2023.
“I am thrilled to announce Tanya Kravchuk as the 2023 Woman of the Year in the 7th Assembly District,” said Hoover. “She is a dedicated member of our community helping Ukrainian refugees through her work with Ukrainian American House and serving our students as a Board Member in the San Juan Unified School District. I am proud of the work Tanya continues to do to provide for the families in my district and across Sacramento County.”
Tanya has devoted most of her career to serving children in both a volunteer and professional capacity. She has volunteered for Robert’s Family Development Center, Boys and Girls Club, Volunteers of America, and The Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento where she later worked for nearly a decade. In 2022, she was elected to serve on the San Juan Unified School Board.
Born in Ukraine, Tanya moved to the U.S. when she was five years old. She attended elementary school in the Sacramento City Unified School District and later Sylvan and Mesa Verde in the San Juan Unified School District when her family moved to Citrus Heights.
Tanya holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from California State University Sacramento. Early in her career, she worked in marketing at Farmers Insurance and in public affairs at Intel Corporation. She then transitioned to non-profit work as the Resource Development Manager at PEACE for Families and later the Director of Development & Communication at the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento focusing on our communities most vulnerable– abused and neglected children.
Tanya also worked with schools, local businesses, and governments during the 2020 Census to secure support for an accurate count. Through this role, she became involved with
Ukrainian American House, a nonprofit defending the rights and meeting the needs of individuals who willingly or forcibly immigrated to California. Since the war in Ukraine began in 2022, Tanya has been helping transition refugees to a self-sufficient life in the United States. Josh Hoover represents Assembly District 7, which includes the cities of Citrus Heights, Folsom, and Rancho Cordova and the unincorporated communities of Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Foothill Farms, Gold River, Mather, McClellan Park, North Highlands, Orangevale, and Rosemont.
