Ksenia Martynova is a writer for Her Campus at the University of Toronto. She is a first year Humanities student at the University of Toronto. She has spent her whole life living in Ontario and briefly lived in Troy, New York while attending a boarding school.
Over the past few years, most of Ksenia's life has been dedicated to writing and the arts. Particularly, she has a passion for creative writing. Her poetry and short fiction work has been featured in various literary journals. She even won first place at a slam poetry contest. Beyond her variety of extracurricular experiences, Ksenia has worked as a supervisor at a restaurant and as a math tutor.
In her spare time, Ksenia enjoys reading books of a variety of genres and even tries to write her own. Also, she enjoys late-night drives with her friends, collecting bird-related items, and drinking London fogs. Ksenia can often be found at the museum, bookstore, library, or at a local cafe.