Date of birth

2 May 1967

Place of birth

Šakiai, Lithuania

Education

1998

MA in Education Science, Kaunas University of Technology, graduation with honours

1995

Diploma of Ethics Teacher, Vilnius Pedagogical University (currently Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences)

1991

Diploma of Russian Language and Literature Teacher, Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute (currently Šiauliai University)

1985

Secondary School No 37 in Kaunas (currently Aleksandras Stulginskis School – Multifunctional Centre)

Work experience

1991–2016

Russian Language and Ethics Teacher, March 11 Gymnasium in Kaunas

Political career

No party affiliation

2015–2016

Member, Kaunas City Municipal Council; Chair, Committee on Education and Culture; Chair, Council for the Affairs of the Disabled

Miscellaneous

Activities: Deputy Head, Member of the Board, Kaunas Regional Centre, Lithuanian Confederation of Trade Unions (2012–2015); Chair, Association of Education Workers’ Trade Unions in Kaunas (2008–2016); Member, NGO Vieningas Kaunas (since 2013)

Awards: Award from Kaunas Municipality for public activities and promotion of civil society (2015)

Languages: German, Russian

Hobbies: mushroom picking, angling

Family

Divorced with two children