I was born in the USSR and moved over to the US when I was four years old, living on food stamps in the projects! My family worked ridiculously hard to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and open up a world of opportunities for me, and here I am!
I was lucky enough to study abroad in Spain in college, which made me fall in love with traveling and I realized I want to do it for the rest of my life! I'd love to do doctors without borders or build my own clinic in an underserved village abroad or something like that

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I joined when I was interviewing across the country for residency programs, and I stayed because I love what Couchsurfing represents

Interests

Music, travel, languages, medicine, psychology, people, trivia nights, photography, yoga

• photography
• dining
• wine
• yoga
• trivia
• traveling
• stamps
• music
• bungee jumping
• languages
• medicine
• psychology
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Tool, NIN, Portishead, Metric, Explosions in the Sky, etc
Movies: Black Swan, Inception, Requiem for a Dream, Closer, V for Vendetta, Pan's Labyrinth
Books: Middlesex, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Slaughterhouse Five, The Great Gatsby

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bungee jumped off a bridge in Banos, Ecuador

Teach, Learn, Share

I love teaching, learning, and sharing!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My winning personality? I'm not really sure. I'd be happy to bring over a bottle of wine or whatever you'd like, just let me know!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, Ukraine, United States