Timeline
Not a résumé — a route. Each stop taught something the next one used.
Born in Tbilisi. Grew up between Georgian, Russian and English, in a family where books mattered and change was constant.
Lesson — You can be from a small place and still think in wide angles.
Studied international politics while working part-time. Started organising student events and volunteering.
Lesson — Curiosity compounds — one seminar led to the next opportunity.
Received several academic and leadership scholarships, including Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and trainer fellowships.
Lesson — Applying counts more than qualifying — send the application.
Joined the volunteer response after the 2015 Tbilisi flood. Received recognition for volunteer work.
Lesson — In a crisis, showing up is most of the job.
Coordinated projects and later co-founded Union F.R.E.Y.A., focused on women's rights and civic education.
Lesson — Small teams with clear values ship more than big teams without them.
Handled German-language customer support and complaints for international e-commerce clients — often in evenings after class.
Lesson — Every difficult call teaches you how a business really works.
Second degree in Georgia. Researched women entrepreneurs and policy for my thesis.
Lesson — Research is a discipline of asking better questions.
Supported digital learning operations during the pandemic transition.
Lesson — Systems matter more than heroics.
Trained across countries in facilitation, advocacy and leadership.
Lesson — Teaching something is the fastest way to learn it properly.
Market analysis, customer research, grant support — first taste of a real product team.
Lesson — Business is mostly patient, unglamorous execution.
Relocated to Austria. New language, new city, restarting professionally.
Lesson — A hard reset is uncomfortable, then quietly clarifying.
Worked directly with premium clients in four languages while beginning a second Master's in parallel.
Lesson — Retail is a masterclass in reading people.
Second Master's degree, this time in Austria — completed while working full-time.
Lesson — Slow and steady is still finishing.
Started prototyping web tools and AI-assisted workflows for e-commerce and personal projects.
Lesson — Building teaches you what reading never could.
End-to-end Shopify operations, Klaviyo CRM, merchandising, analytics, and cross-team collaboration.
Lesson — Operations is design that has to survive contact with reality.
More building, more writing, more research — and hopefully more collaborators along the way.
Lesson — Careers are long. Keep the compass, change the map.