Hello, my name is Yelena Makarov and I am an ISN Russian Translator. I live in the beautiful city of San Francisco, California, and am employed as an office manager.

I graduated from Moscow State University in Russia, with an M.A. in Economics. I have many years of experience in English-Russian translating, in various areas including health issues.

As a translator I have to read extensively in both languages, and for the news in Russian I usually go online. In researching Russian Web sites, quite a few times I have come across cries for help from people who have scleroderma. They were desperate for any information about the symptoms, treatments, effects of the disease, etc. I have noticed that many times their requests for information were left unanswered!

I became involved with the ISN because I wanted to be a part of the information network. Through the translation I would like to take part in disseminating crucial information related to the harsh disease of scleroderma. You may email me in either English or Russian.