Born in Russia and now based in Jeju, she creates picture books as both a writer and illustrator. When she first encountered Jeju’s landscape, she began to wonder how she could faithfully capture the scenes before her, and that question opened a new direction in her work. After years of illustrating textbooks, she settled in Jeju with the desire to craft stories that unfold page by page in her own voice. Meeting the world of the haenyeo led her to observe the skills and presence of women who work in the sea, which grew into the Little Haenyeo series. The haenyeo she portrays are not symbolic figures but people shaped by real labor, real breath, and the passage of generations. Jeju’s light, wind, and terrain continue to offer subjects that return to her daily practice. She hopes to keep expanding Jeju’s stories in new forms and share them with readers in meaningful ways.