My name is Daniil (or Danil or Daniel or Danya). I'm an exchange student from Russia. Originally, I'm from the city of Toliatti. The city was named after Italian communist and there we manufactured Russian LADA cars. At the age of 18 I moved to beautiful Saint Petersburg to study in university. Before and during university I was engaged in software development.

Besides volunteering in the US, I'm the member of a nonprofit human-right volunteering organization which monitors unlawful actions of authorities representatives called OVD-Info.

While in the US, I'd like to travel as much as I can, see new people, cuisines and places. Several of my bucket list items would be celebrating some of the national US holidays, visiting family dinner in authentic American house and going to a highschool kind of party like in movies.

And last but not least I hate Putin.

Interests

I do non-professional junior level photography in my spare time. There is actually a photo of me in profile from a USSR-style photoshoot in my hometown. If you like being a model and/or have some interesting ideas we can definitely arrange an exciting photoshoot if you so desire.

I am keen on video gaming and sometime in future I'd like to make my own game as a developer.

I want to dive more into the musical world. The only instrument I play is guitar. Barely. So, I'm eager to learn another different instruments, especially vocals.

I am a big fan of biking. Even though I don't mind pedaling 40 miles somewhere in the outskirts, at this point of time, I'd rather discover new places inside the city in a relaxing and gradually-paced way.

• photography
• music
• gaming
• biking

Teach, Learn, Share

Software Engineering
Guitar
Photography

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States