Iryna Skyrda was born on January 11, 1974, in the village of Dalnia Shebelinka, Balakliia district, Kharkiv region (Ukraine). Historian, PhD in History. Graduated from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in 1996 with a degree in History. Teacher of History and Socio-Political Disciplines". Since 2001, has been working at the Kharkiv Professional Higher College of Arts, head of the department. The author (co-author) of a number of textbooks on the history of Ukraine and world history. 
Interests: include the history of science and methods of teaching history.