I’m a design student at Eastern Michigan University with a long-term aim at architecture — drawn to the way space shapes how people feel and move through it. I came up through Washtenaw Community College on institutional honors before transferring, and I’ve spent years at the Ann Arbor YMCA as a deck supervisor and swim instructor, which taught me more about reading a room, managing pressure, and earning trust than any classroom has. I’m bilingual in English and Russian, fluent in AutoCAD and Onshape, and I work best when the problem is specific and the standard is high.