In 1997 Khozhayev M.A. graduated with honors from the Almaty Musical College named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, specialty "Special Piano" with the qualification "Teacher, Accompanist, Ensemble Artist". In 2002 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Geography of Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi with a degree in Social and Cultural Service and Tourism with the qualification of Tourism Manager, Teacher of Geography and Tourism. In 2009 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Economics and Accounting of the University of International Business (UIB) with a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Audit. In 2010 he defended his dissertation work on the topic “Assessment of the natural resource potential for the development of the territorial recreational system of Northern Kazakhstan” under the supervision of Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Dzhanaleeva G.M., Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Plokhih R.V. By the decision of the Committee for Control in the Sphere of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 30, 2011 (Protocol No. 6) Khozhayev M.A. awarded the degree of Candidate of Geographical Sciences. He began his career in 1994 as an accompanist and teacher at the Music School No. 7 named after Kurmangazy in Almaty. In the period from 2002 until 2003, he worked as a tourism manager at Avista LLP. He also has experience as a teacher of geography and economics at school-gymnasium No. 27 in Almaty, a teacher of geography and special disciplines at the College "Adilet" of the Caspian Public University. He has extensive experience (2007-2018) in one of the largest second-tier banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2007-2010 Operational Services Department, 2010-2018 Currency Control Department). In 2018, he began his working career as an Acting Associate Professor of the Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi. Fluent in English (TOEFL ITP Certificate), has 9 Certificates of authorship.