I'm a Ukrainian-born Californian, living in Sweden for a bit!

Currently I'm a Cognitive Science and Product Design student operating at full steam. This is what brings me to Lund for a semester. You can often find me doing things like improvising recipes, rock climbing, reading, biking, doodling, dancing, or walking around with my camera (whom I affectionately call Sven). But I always like to mix in a good dose of new experiences, whatever they may be.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing offers what I look for when I do go exploring--interesting people, memorable experiences. Most hotels to me are a bit sterile, so I'd like to try a mode of travel that is more alive/more simple.

Interests

designing products, photographing, making other stuff, rock climbing, biking around, playing board games, inventing recipes, sustainable design, well written non-fiction, going to improv shows, watermelons, spending time with animals, walking for hours, trying my hand at new mediums like glass blowing or woodwork, road trips, camping, and doing story-worthy things.

• animals
• design
• dancing
• recipes
• walking
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• bouldering
• woodworking
• cycling
• camping
• rock climbing
• science
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

music: moderat, glass animals, junip, muse, alt-j, kishi bashi, sigur ros, sufjan stevens, moby, woodkid, stromae, mujuice, lo-fang, beacon. I like score music and instrumentals, world music, latin music, music to think to, music to dance like crazy to, muse with incredible rhythm and funny noises...many kinds.

movies: her, amelie, avatar, the grand budapest hotel, me earl and the dying girl, jagten, oldboy, x-men, kill bill, django unchained, shutter island

books: pale fire, 1984, lord of the rings, The Count of Monte Cristo, gone girl; writing by Michael Pollan, Atul Gawande, John Green

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to boulder or top rope, how to take and compose photos with a dslr, how to say things in russian, how to do things in the adobe creative suite, how to do a headstand

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Chile, France, Honduras, Russian Federation, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine, United States