I graduated in 2006 from Hryhorii Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University with a degree in Ukrainian and Polish Philology.

Later that year, I began working for Kharkiv-based online media outlets, including MediaPort, the news agency MOST-Kharkiv (a regional project of the LB.ua portal), and others.

I later worked as a photographer with Reuters, EPA, AP, the portals Football.ua and iSport.ua, as well as BBC News Ukraine. I have been working at GORDON since 2014.