She's just as much a fan of Cajun and Creole food as of borshcht (her
family's Ukrainian), and, while not a fan of computers, she's into
low-tech art like pinhole photography.
Her family is of Ukrainian descent.
Her surname was changed from Shefschenko when the family immigrated to
America in the 1940s.
Studying at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.