Graduated in Global Studies from Lomonosov Moscow State University (2005). Holds a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies from the Russian State University for the Humanities (2018) and a PhD in Anthropology from Iscte-IUL (2020-2024). 

Awarded a Merit Scholarship at Iscte-IUL (2021-2024), under which supported first-year undergraduate students.

Previously worked as an assistant lecturer at the Moscow International University (2019-2020), research associate at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2017-2020) and music journalist at Radio Culture, Moscow (2013-2017).