Liya Safina is an unconventional-instruction coach, architect and journalist from Minsk. She graduated from the Belarus State University with a degree in the Design of Object-Spatial Complexes. Taking the concepts of adaptive learning and putting them in a local context, Liya researched the idea of self-directed learning and suggested a project which would give students the opportunity to learn how to learn and break free from teachers’ authority and guidance. Liya is currently working at Strelka Institute.