I was born in București, Romania, spent much of my early childhood bouncing around the United States, and moved to Canada in my early teens. I've always loved languages, but it took some time to come around to the idea of studying them as a career! After a frustrating BSc in neuroscience, I turned to linguistics and got my MA and PhD from the University of Toronto.

When I'm not busy being a linguist, I keep myself occupied with delicious food  (particularly Ethiopian food, any and all kinds of Asian cuisine, and cheeses), board games, photography, knitting, and building mechanical keyboards. When I am busy being a linguist, I keep myself occupied by teaching, fiddling with LaTeX, troubleshooting Linux, scripting repetitive tasks, teaching myself to program, learning various languages, and discovering fascinating things that are sadly tangential to my immediate work.

Here is a sampling of photos I've taken in various places.