Early years Singer, then musicologist

I started out as a singer. At the age of nine I began training in classical singing, on the way to the opera stage. Later I earned a B.A. and an M.A. in musicology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with a thesis in music cognition on whether we perceive musical forms. Music taught me what I still work by: feeling lives in timing.

2008 – 2020 Sound Archive Administrator

I spent over eleven years as the Sound Archive Administrator at the National Library of Israel, responsible for its day-to-day administration. That's where I learned what it means to be part of a good team.

2020 – now Quality engineer and Python automation developer

At home I never stopped making things: tiny rooms, giant figures, an arcade cabinet. What they were missing was a way to react, so I learned to code. My first project was a game, and watching someone play it through a physical interface, running on code I had written, felt like a superpower.

Since 2021 I've been at Red Hat as a quality engineer and Python automation developer, testing complex systems. That work taught me to see the bigger system around every piece, to keep asking where a product can improve, and to make sure everyone on the team feels heard. I've also been an organizer of PyCon Israel since 2021.

October 2023 – now Samuel

Samuel is where it all came together. A voice made of real raven calls, a blink with its own rhythm, idle movements that keep him living even when nobody is interacting with him, and code that lets him notice you, all built on a modular design that makes it easy to add new abilities to the existing system. He's my first creature, and not my last.

Today Building my next chapter

Now I'm bringing these parts of my life together in themed entertainment. I'm looking for people and teams to build with, creating characters and interactions that feel real: encounters that move people emotionally and make them feel there's someone inside.