Graduated from Warsaw University as a political scholar. Erasmus+ fellow in 2015 and 2017. Worked as an analyst and advocacy specialist at the Open Dialogue Foundation (Belgium/Poland) in 2018-2021. Was a coordinator and participant of international human rights missions with the Italian Federation for Human Rights in 2018-2019. Since 2017, Maksym has been a volunteer with the Ukraїner multimedia project where he had worked as a translator, coordinator of translators, coordinator of the Polish version of the website, author of texts, producer, researcher, and interviewer. In 2018-2019, he joined the team of international film festivals such as Ukraina. Festiwal Filmowy and Watch Docs in Warsaw. Maksym was also a co-founder and coordinator of #ActivistsNotExtremists and #RegimeServants international advocacy campaigns. Maksym was a fellow with the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility in 2020. Co-founder of the Karabet of the Week ("Карабет недели") project at the Kazakh opposition TV Channel 16/12. Joined the administrative team of PEN Ukraine in 2021.