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Ukrainian, photographer www.annakreative.com, events and festival organizer, dog lover, crazy traveler, risk-taker, pasta cooker, environmental activist, freelancer, languages: 4 fluent. People say that I inspire them to do art.

Using my imagination to create something new or making changes to something that already exists. I'm opened to new experiences, personal freedom, a willingness to take risks!

I moved to Oahu to follow my passion, and I am actively looking for opportunities around the island, and how I can contribute myself and skills that I have to our planet and open-minded community that changes the world to a better place, at the same time I am leading a successful photography business in Hawaii.

I am an international traveler, have been to 36 countries, was volunteering for 20+ different organizations. One of them was the United Nations, Climate Change Conference 2018 where I was working as a coordinator of volunteers from all over the world.

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My biggest hobby/passion is photography. I am taking pictures/videos in order to send the message that we need to unite with nature, people and live in the moment. You can check my website here www.annakreative.com.

To sum it up, I am in Oahu and I want to contribute to this region as much as I can helping our planet to restore its ecosystem, meeting new like-minded people and taking risks.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

strangers are just friends I haven't met yet
during the last CS experience I met my best friend and now husband with whom I have a connection on a really deep level and I cannot imagine my life without him anymore. This is one of the reasons why I am on Couchsurfing.

Interests

I was a member of folk dance group in Ukraine for 11 years, so I like dancing. Not so long ago discovered that I'm a good composer for food photography and yoga is my second favorite hobby. I'm a dog-lover and cannot live without mountains and skiing during winter holidays. Interested in politics, since I was studying that for 4 years. Anything related to global affairs and social activism

• arts
• graphic design
• photography
• dancing
• yoga
• traveling
• music
• international relations
• mountains
• food
• sport activities

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: it is better if you meet me in person and I will share my playlists with you (many people fell in love with me because of my music taste and the skill to match it with the moment that we enjoy).

Movies: Shutter Island ,The Imitation Game,
The Greatest Game Ever Played ,127 Hours ,Beautiful Mind, 12 Years a Slave, The Reader, Forest Gump, The Best Offer, Amadeus, Her, Red Sparrow, Great Gatsby, The Wolf of Wall Street, Gold (2016), The Founder, 100 Metros.

Books : Loneliness On The Net , Run with the Hunted , The Alchemist, Veronika decides to die, Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine, White Bim and Black Ear, World Order, Clash of Civilizations, Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, Games People Play, 99 Francs, On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Feel the Fear and Do it anyway, Reality Transurfing...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Have organized the festival of colors at the age of 17 without any material help. Earned money were sended for soldiers , who were injured at the east of Ukraine during the war.

Did the bungee jumping from the hight of 90 meters, paragliding etc

got lost in the open sea on the yacht with my dad

made a tattoo without permission of my parents :)

Croatia. me and 2 of my best friends were drunk. We found the most expensive yacht in the marine and jumped from it in the water when the police officer was standing 30 meters from us

Bought 1-day pass for Sziget Festival and stayed there for 3 days for free

Had a free walking tour in Krakow with president of Poland Andrzej Duda

Organised conferences about homeless people and what homelessness means in our world now

Walked completely naked in the centre of Budapest with my friend

Went out to get some ice-cream and came back home with a new tattoo which reminds me to live in the moment

Was swimming with sharks and no cage in the Pacific Ocean with Ocean Ramsey

I lived in 3 countries and travelled to 36 in my 23!

Flew a small airplane around the island of Oahu, Hawaii

Started my own business and I am successfully running it in my 24

Planted more than 200 native species in Hawaii, and organized 10+ beach cleanups. I was managing the startup that eliminated all of the single use waste in take out food orders on the NS of Oahu (Full Cycle Takeout)

Teach, Learn, Share

language skills, choreography (Slavic folk), cooking skills, impressive travel stories, culture differences between west and east, ruining stereotypes about people, good vibes, places to stay all over the world (especially in Krakow, Kyiv, Hawaii). how to learn your dog to behave properly, how to travel with no money, how to organize the art project or exhibition, photo or video production, how to enjoy the life on full! how to surf and many more

What I Can Share with Hosts

walking barefoot, smelling rain, to go without knowing the final direction, initiative, straightforwardness, openness, spontaneity, laughing, crying of happiness if the food is good and dancing under the rain... HOW TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Poland, Ukraine, United States