Szymon was born in Cracow, Poland. He studied Biology and Geography in Cracow where he received a graduate degree in „Facility of Biology and Earth Sciences”. After he finished his studies he worked for the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, where he was a guide and keeper of exotic animals like Cotton-top tamarin, monitor lizards, snakes and tarantulas.

From the earliest years of his life he is a passionate naturalist and mountaineer with a special interest in the geography and the wildlife of the higher latitudes. In 2017 and the summer of 2018 Szymon fulfilled his biggest dream and become a circumpolar guide, where he spent almost half a year on Spitsbergen, where he could admire true wildness of Polar regions.