Her career in journalism began in Georgia, took her to Minnesota, and eventually landed her in Little Rock, Arkansas. At KATV, she worked her way from general assignment reporting to leading overnight breaking news coverage, while also serving as a live reporter and regular host of Good Morning Arkansas and Saturday Daybreak. As an openly queer woman in local television news, Viktoria used her platform to spark conversations about representation in media, growing an international social media audience of more than 220,000 across channels.

Viktoria earned her master's degree in Arts Journalism from the University of Southern California, where she received a National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award for her commentary essay, Dear Queers: An Ode to the LGBTQ+ Community That Built Me.

Since leaving broadcast news, Viktoria has expanded her work beyond traditional journalism, finding new ways to tell stories, connect people, and create opportunities where they don't exist. She currently serves as Communications and Community Engagement Manager at The Venture Center, where she leads storytelling, media relations, and communications efforts supporting entrepreneurs and innovation across Arkansas. She's also the founder of Hairpins, a multi-award-winning initiative creating spaces for queer women and gender-diverse communities across in regions void of lesbian bars. What began as a local pop-up has grown into a broader effort to build community, support LGBTQ+ visibility, and strengthen connections in across four states, including Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and Minnesota. Viktoria also works as an impact producer and community strategist for AWE, a narrative feature film about the historic 1992 all-women's expedition to the South Pole, currently in development.

Her creative work has included partnerships with Hulu, EF Ultimate Break, and other brands; media and outreach for Barnard College's Athena Film Festival; and the development of Dear Reader, a literary and cultural analysis series and later internationally published book (Watkins Publishing, 2025) exploring Taylor Swift's music. Her work consistently draws on an interest in culture, identity, representation, and the ways stories bring people together.

Outside of work, Viktoria is usually planning her next international trip, hiking a beautiful mountain range, seeing a performance at the theatre, or pursuing whatever has most recently caught her curiosity (lately, it’s Marvel). Whether through journalism, creative projects, or community organizing, she's guided by a simple philosophy: follow your joy, stay curious, and make room for others along the way.