Junczyk-Ziomecka's tenure, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York was also a place of intensive training for Polish and American teachers, the aim of which was to promote knowledge about the person and heritage of Jan Karski. On January 19, 2015, she became the president of the Jan Karski Educational Foundation. Member of the Open Republic Association, the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute and the Association of Polish Journalists. Author of several books, including about "Solidarity" and about Pope John Paul II. Personal life She is the ex-wife of Mariusz Ziomecki (Polish journalist and TV presenter), she has two children: daughter Zuzanna and son Stanisław. Junczyk-Ziomecka was a close personal friend of the late Polish writer Ryszard Kapuściński. Honours National Honours Poland: Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2015) Poland: Medal "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (2006); (awarded by the Association of Jewish War Veterans and Victims of World War II) Foreign Honours Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2008) References 1949 births Living people University of Warsaw alumni Consuls-General of Poland 20th-century Polish journalists 21st-century Polish women politicians