 Born in the former Soviet Union, Polina Skibinskaya moved to
the United States as a young woman. Her love of the
written word moved with her. She graduated from the City
University of New York at Brooklyn College with an Honors
degree in Media Studies and Film Theory, worked for MTV Studios,
and became involved in independent magazine publishing.
Polina has been active as an educator throughout her career,
teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) courses in colleges
throughout New York. She has served as an educator and editor
for young and scholastic writers. She also conducts workshops educating
small business owners in the art and science of Market
Research and Business Plan development.
In her travels throughout Russia, Europe and North America,
Polina has studied the subtle nuances of culture and
language. She has strolled through the echoing chambers of
the Louvre, and
trudged through the graffiti covered
streets of Camden,
New Jersey. She photographed the cats of the Roman Colosseum
and fed the pigeons in Piazza San Marco in Venice. She has
reveled in the antics of Ostap Bender in Odessa, and cheered
along to classical Shakespeare plays at the Globe Theatre in
London. Through her experiences, Polina has gained a finely
tuned understanding of human communication and semantics - the
source of all language.
Polina is intimately familiar with the cultural differences
between the English of Britain, United States and Canada. A
writer, translator and editor of diverse pieces of work,
Polina is thoroughly dedicated to her craft and always on the
lookout for new inspiration.
Polina
lives in Toronto with her partner Kiran and four
cats. She runs
Triballiance Language Solutions
(www.triballiance.ca),
a full-service translation and multi-language
web and graphic design
company.
You may contact her at
polina[at]polina-skibinskaya.com. |
