Gulbadanbegim Bayniyazova is an exchange student from Uzbekistan, who is a junior at Rockbridge Country High School. She is from an autonomic country called Karakalpakstan, which is a part of Uzbekistan. She’s 16 years old and enjoys reading books, listening to music, learning foreign languages and walking. She speaks 6 languages, which include: Karakalpak, Uzbek, Russian and English. She’s a two time gold holder from the Republic Olympiad from Russian and Literature. In the future, she would love to travel around the world and explore new things. Her favorite artists are Doja Cat, Lana Del Rey, Asti and Billie Eilish. Since she studied in russian school in her home country, she mostly reads Russian literature, like Leo Dostaevski, Leo Tolstoy, Yuriy Lermontov and Aleksandr Pushkin. Her favorite quote is ‘Aim to the moon and even if you fail, you will stay among the stars’ :)