Hey katya nice intro you may want to post a photo holding your username to confirm your identity not required but helps keep the platform free of spammers, also I see you don’t have a Steemit Profile Picture I made a post to make it simple to do just scroll down to 5 on this post Here
Also here is a contest I have going on https://steemit.com/contest/@isteemithard/new-steemit-contest-best-steemit-post-this-week-week-1