A native of Russia, Dr. Tomenko came to the U.S. on a music scholarship to attend Columbia Union College, where she traveled and performed extensively with the New England Youth Ensemble and Columbia Collegiate Chorale. Ultimately she graduated with a degree in cello and voice and was accepted to study dentistry at Loma Linda University.

Tatiana, a registered dental hygienist, was born in Ekaterinburg, Russia. She is a graduate of the Music College, Kaluga, Russia, and received her PhD from the Pedagogical University, Ekaterinburg, Russia. She met her husband while he was working with an aircraft construction club in her city. Later, she helped him in his snowmobile tour business as a tour liaison in the Urals region.