When I was a kid, I wanted to travel the world, find my calling, and write a book about my adventures. ✨

Today I’m a Product Designer based in Hawaii, but hail from Belarus. My early passion for art & crafts brought me to the School of Studio & Fine Arts. Years later, my love for travel & new experiences moved me all the way across the Atlantic. Curiosity + thirst for learning have always pushed me forward into the unknown in search of meaning. Today I create meaning. After working in different fields, the pieces of the puzzle came together. I found my calling in solving problems and designing meaningful experiences for people across the globe.

I find helping people achieve their goals to be the most rewarding feeling in the world. It all started with my first job as an English & German Teacher. My primary concern was assisting students of all ages by tailoring learning experience to their needs & life goals. I led research supporting students in their efforts for UNICEF, and actively collaborated with the British Council. We developed unique learning content for interactive learning user-centered platforms for ESL students. Invaluable experience in e-learning platforms laid the foundation for my passion for User Experience Design.

In my other ex-lives, I volunteered as an Interpreter at USCIS. I felt a strong urge to help immigrants going through the immigration process, as I’ve experienced it as well. My plan was to study immigration law. As I was preparing for LSAT, I got into the legal field as a legal assistant at Wilson Elser to see if it’s something I’d enjoy (no). What did inspire me, though, were the everyday challenges my co-workers were experiencing at work. It brought about an idea of building a legal management app for legal support staff. I worked full-time assisting attorneys, collecting data during the day, and building my first wireframes at night. And never felt happier. This is when I made a decision to break into design, and never looked back. I quit my job at Wilson Elser in Chicago, packed my bag and flew to New York for my first UX gig at a startup. The best decision ever made, the rest is history.