Alyona S. Foertsch was born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine and immigrated to California with her family in 2001. Alyona lives in San Jose, CA with her husband, two beautiful girls and a golden retriever. She received her Doctorate degree in Business Management from Columbia Southern University in 2021. She devoted her research paper to her father. Alyona loves to spend time with her family and spreads love to the masses through her homemade charcutteri plates.