Bridges between people and technology.

I trained as a classical accordionist in Ukraine — a master's degree, orchestra work, years of teaching. Then I spent years in IT support, configuring servers and guiding e-commerce customers in three countries. Today I work in Norway's refugee services at NAV Frogn as a fritidsveileder, where I lead «Møteplassen», an inclusion project connecting newcomers to their new community. I plan and run regular meetups, activities, and workshops with the target group; partner with volunteer organisations, clubs, and associations; and I'm responsible for mapping, reporting, and developing the service further. I also bring AI into the workplace — most recently configuring NotebookLM as an information assistant for the refugee service.

The common thread is people. Whether the problem is a broken server, an unfamiliar system, or a whole unfamiliar country, my job is the same: understand what someone needs, then make the technical, creative, or social solution actually work for them. I navigated the Norwegian system myself as a newcomer — reaching fluent Norwegian in under a year — so I know both sides of that bridge.

Lately I've gone deep on applied AI — Google's AI Professional Certificate, Anthropic's Claude 101 — and I use these tools weekly to build assistants, websites, and learning content.