I'm a multimedia journalist focused on technology, energy, and the space where journalism meets AI and user experience, mostly in audio and broadcast.

This summer I'm joining The Washington Post's audio team as an Audio Intern. Before that, I worked my way up from a student reporter to associate producer of The 21st, Illinois Public Media's daily news and culture show, and spent time as communications lead and multimedia producer for Mondelez International.

In 2025, I placed first nationally in audio reporting at the Hearst Journalism Awards, one of the most competitive student journalism awards in the country. I graduated as a summa cum laude in journalism, with a minor in political science, from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I held Bronze Tablet, James Scholar, and Kappa Tau Alpha honors, the university's top academic distinction, throughout my time there.

I grew up in Russia and I'm fluent in Russian and English, with passive fluency in Ukrainian and French. That gives me direct access to sources and material on energy security and Eurasian politics that most reporters need a translator for.

Oscar Wilde