I was born in Ukraine and raised in Canada, gaining appreciation for perseverance from the hard work of my immigrant family. I founded three sustainability ventures, raising $60,000+ to seed those projects, and worked as a researcher for Canadian water policy. I was on a finalist team competing in the $20 million Carbon XPRIZE. I was recently selected as a Singularity University Fellow, at NASA Ames Research Centre. At NASA, I launched Majik Water, which harvests clean drinking water from air. Majik Water received the MIT Water Innovation Award and was recognized by Financial Times as one of 50 Ideas to Change the World.