06/24/2020
New beginnings!
Hi friends! My name is Alina Kirilenko. A little about me... I am Russian and was originally born in Ukraine. I am 29 years old and moved to Nashville with my mother just over 20 years ago. After graduating college from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, I got the spontaneous opportunity to move to Sarasota. So 6 years ago, I packed up my life and moved to the beach!
I lived on Siesta Key for 5 years and I have been a bartender in Sarasota and on Siesta Key ever since. I now live in central Sarasota. Through bartending, I have met so many wonderful people, life long friends and lovely acquaintances.
Nearly 4 years ago, I obtained my Real Estate license and began a new journey, while I realized that Real Estate was not for me, I discovered that marketing and design was something that came naturally to me. I created Love Your Siesta along with Skip the Straw SRQ that was featured on the local news and placed in many restaurants in Sarasota and Siesta Key.
Something else that came naturally to me was my new understood passion for event planning. I have always been the person that plans it all! Detailed, meticulous and in love with organized chaos, I realized that this industry was calling my name.
While I was planning on continuing to bartend for a while and enjoy life, I spoke to some past clients/friends about my desire to start an event planning and marketing business “some day”. Life had other plans and I was offered an amazing opportunity to plan a wedding on Siesta Key Beach. So here we are! I hope you all follow my new journey and enjoy the beauty of Sarasota and Siesta Key through my new adventure!