Iryna has over 25 years of experience in flood forecasting, hydrology, and water resources management. After obtaining her Master's and Ph.D. degree in hydrology and water resources from Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University in Ukraine, she continued working in academia before moving to Canada. After a short assignment with the Ministry of the Environment, she took a job as a hydrologist at Kawartha Conservation, where she spent the next 19 years of her career, overseeing all aspects of water resources within the Kawartha Conservation watershed, including the local Flood Forecasting and Warning program and Ontario Low Water Response.

In 2022, she joined the Ministry of Natural Resources - Surface Water Monitoring Center as a Hydrometric Specialist and Provincial Flood Duty Officer, where she continues doing what she loves most – providing timely flood forecasting and warning to the people of Ontario, keeping them safe.