I am originally from Uzbekistan, but my native language is russian. I am also fluent in English. I lived in St Petersburg, Russia, for many years. The city of White Nights is amazing - you should visit it at least once if you like travelling! I have been studying and working in San Diego, California, since 2007. I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering and do science for living (trust me, it is a really awesome thing to do!). As strange as it may sound, I love studying. I love it because it allows me to learn new things, be it sciences, languages, crafts, and, well, some other things too, some - useful and some - not so much:). Continuous learning helps me to expand my horizon and be a better, wiser, more well-rounded person, or so I hope. As I am writing this, my goal is to learn spanish, which is why I am here on italki.