Hi, I am Varya - raised in Siberia, educated in Irkutsk, Leuven, and Seattle, and currently based in Luxembourg. After more than 10 years of teaching, training, facilitating, and interpreting, I dived into the world of writing, mostly about innovations for cultural heritage, research, education, and healthcare. Upon graduating in linguistics, I taught languages and Intercultural Communication to uni students, coordinated educational projects at local and international NGOs, and helped run a small language institute as director of studies. At the very same time, I volunteered as a translator for environmental and heritage projects in the wild and translated film festivals and books. I am also a proud member of Youth Peace Ambassadors network, working in peace and human rights education since 2011. Learning, living, and working all around the world has been an adventure – from Lake Baikal to Bologna, Strasbourg, and Budapest, from the national parks in the USA to the Balkans. Beyond education and writing, I’m really proud of illustrating a children’s book written by a friend, and opening up a tiny free library. I love forests, watercolors, and books.