About Me

I was born with a muscular disorder called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type II in Estonia (Europe). Because of my disability that fortunately does not affect my sensation I am not able to walk or even use my arms and I use a voice activated computer for typing. Please click here if you are interested in reading more about SMA.

In spite of my health condition I was able to finish high school and graduate from university. All my teachers visited me at home, and this way I got a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics in 1987. I also know pretty much about computers and I can speak four languages (Estonian, English, Finnish and Russian). In addition to that I am familiar with German and Swedish. I have represented my home country at conferences for disabled people in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

I moved to the United States in 1996. On the National Disability Mentoring Day in 2005 I was honored as Person of the Year.