So buckle up, Bubelah.
You’ve come to the right place.
alexandra franzen, best-selling author
“I've worked in writing, & book publishing for 15 years. Yuliya has a voice that stands out. She's hilarious. She's deep. She brings such honesty to her stories about this beautiful mess we call life. If you gave me a pile of 20 stories -- without any names -- I could pick Yuliya's out because she has a distinctive voice & point of view.”
I’m a natural born storyteller and performer. Clients (and friends that I don’t even pay) say that they appreciate my storytelling for my vulnerability, HUMOR, and depth. I don’t want to toot my own horn too much, but some kind souls have even compared me to Brene Brown (after two drinks) and Erma Bombeck. I, on the other hand, like to say my storytelling persona is what you’d get if David Sedaris and Tina Fey had a baby and raised it in the Soviet Union.
My life experiences are diverse (to put it mildly). I grew up in a small town in the former Soviet Union and learned English by watching Star Trek the Next Generation (I may have accidentally learned Klingon, too…). I taught intertidal ecology as a teen, earned an MBA (no one knows why), and even performed stand up comedy (just the once — oy to the Vey!).
While all of that may feel random at first glance, at the core of everything I’ve done and everything I still want to do is storytelling. It’s my passion, my drive, and my zone of genius. And I love nothing more than sharing stories with other good people navigating this tricky thing called life.
My stories are rooted in my experience as an immigrant and are shaped by my interest in belonging, identity, and bias.
erma bombeck
“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”
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