She is also a graduate student of counseling psychology at UW-Madison and engages research examining the mental health of performance artists. Zhalarina has had the opportunity to travel and be awarded for her work in theatre and music, appearing on stages such as the New Amsterdam theatre on Broadway in New York and the Queen Elizabeth theatre in London. Currently, Zhalarina splits her time between the completion of her first rap album, Again, and working toward a tour of her one-person play, Rose Gold.