Marina grew up in Moscow, blessed with an angelic voice & long last name (Verenikina.)
Raised during the collapse of the Soviet Union in an educated yet struggling family (communist nuclear physicist father & psychologist mother,)
Marina attended a school of music every evening after regular school, and has written songs since early childhood.
Marina won a prestigious scholarship at 15 to study in America for a year and then permanently moved to the US by herself at 17.......
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