CURRENT MISSION Be kind and live simply ABOUT ME Hello, I'm Ana. I was born in Moscow, Russia to a Ukrainian father and a Russian mother. My family moved to upstate NY when I was 5 and that is where I grew up. I was fortunate enough to live between two beautiful mountain ranges in NY which made me appreciate the simplicity of the elegance and beauty of the natural world around me. I started traveling because I got bored of simply existing. Traveling now is as essential to my life as breathing. It keeps me sane! PHILOSOPHY There is no passion to be found in playing small- in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. - Nelson Mandela (and me)