Qualified Russian linguist, translator and interpreter in London, has been working in education and translation since 1988 in Russia and since 2004 in UK.
In 1987 she acquired BA degree in Humanities specialising in pedagogy, English and German in Tula State Pedagogic Institute. Through 1990-s she took a number of CPD courses in advanced methods of TEFL and teaching Russian as a foreign language in Moscow University of Peoples' Friendship. She currently lives in London and works as a freelance tutor of Russian as a foreign language, TEFL, education and culture consultant, interpreter and translator.