I was born in 1984 in Kyiv, Ukraine, where I studied Oriental Studies, Japanese literature, and Art History.
I moved to Geneva in 2014 to study social anthropology at the Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development. (Switzerland). I got my PhD with summa cum laude in 2019.
My interests encompass socio-legal studies, visual anthropology, and art. Since 2019, I am affiliated with the Center for Children's Rights Studies at the University of Geneva.