Hi guys, my name is Michelle, some of my friends call me Mish or Mishka. I am a born and raised Brooklynite. I am also the daughter of two immigrant parents who have emigrated to the USA 20 years ago from the former USSR. I speak, write, and read Russian and obviously English. I have a little sister who is my minnie me. She’s 12 and annoying and I love her to death.

Anyways, I am planning to major in accounting, probably because I am pretty awesome at math, and I decided to do something “practical”. However, my true love is film photography, a hobby I discovered my freshman year of high school. I have been shooting and developing film for approximately 4 years now:

I also work on photoshop pretty often:

I have been a vegetarian practically my entire life. When my mother was pregnant with me, she was going through a vegetarian phase which would later pass on to me. I also try to eat organic, although it is very hard when eating out. I also have recently started to jog at night to release daily stress and have a better night’s sleep.

I love to travel. Anywhere and everywhere. This spring I went to Germany, Hungary, Chezh, Slovakia, and Poland with my school. It was an incredible experience. There is a certain “je ne sais quois” about being amidst something unfamiliar: a new culture, a new language, a new peoples. This summer, I took a road trip to Montreal with a few friends, which turned out to be the trip of a lifetime. (We partied and learned some french and met some awesome people) Montreal!

Poland when it was negative a billion degrees.

Heart of Montreal

Overall, my friends and family define me. They are the ones I rely on for guidance and support. I am so incredibly thankful that all my closest friends did not leave for college. Even though we are entering a new stage in our lives, we get to do together, with the same beautiful city to our disposal.