Beshka was born and raised in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He studied government and Chinese at Harvard. After graduation, he joined Bridge International Academies, a network of technology-driven primary schools across Africa and Asia, where he worked for three and a half years in private sector education reform in low-resource environments. While at Bridge, he has lived in Boston, Kenya, and India, doing work including instructional design, field prototyping, and operations. After Bridge International Academies, he went back to Kyrgyzstan to work at the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of the Kyrgyz Republic, focusing on policymaking and project management for energy infrastructure investment projects. This past summer, he interned with The World Bank. In the future, Beshka plans to go back to Kyrgyzstan and do government or international development work. He loves dancing, hiking, and skiing.