Philosophical counsellor in practice since 2014. M.A. in Philosophy from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, taken cum laude; member of Phi Sigma Tau, the international honour society for philosophers. A permanent resident of Latvia, applying philosophy to life since 1981.

Lectured in Legal English and Logic at the Riga Graduate School of Law, taught Business Ethics in the SUNY Riga Executive M.B.A. programme, and gave a guest lecture on philosophical counselling at the University of Vilnius in 2019 under the EU Erasmus Programme. Standing interests: philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, comparative religion, Buddhism, and medieval philosophy. Committed to ecological protection, health, and education.