Born and grew up in Minsk, Belarus. Started to play tennis at the age of 7, played for the Junior National team. Trained alongside with Max Mirnyi, Vladimir Voltchkov, Anna Smashnova by Arcadi Edelman who has been training USSR National team for two decades.
Graduated from Minsk State Linguistics University, BA in Linguistics. After graduation moved to US where for ten years played USTA tournaments and taught tennis at the clubs of Long Island and Connecticut. Since 2007 has been living in Montreal, working at Nun’s Island Tennis Club.
