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NWNY volunteer profiles: Divya Ramesh, 29, blog contributor

New Women New Yorkers is run by a staff of volunteers. Some work on outreach initiatives to spread the word about the organization’s mission, while others work on the blog team or facilitate events and workshops — among a variety of other jobs. We want to introduce you to each of our fantastic volunteers, one by one. Divya Ramesh, 29, originally from India, is currently based in Harrison, NJ. With a background in publishing and journalism, she is a writer...

From France to England to New York: A passionate actress’ journey to success

By Divya Ramesh   As a child growing up in Strasbourg, France, Elizabeth Maille watched a lot of films. She would memorize her favorite lines and scenes, and often scrunch up her face and say to herself, “I wouldn’t do this scene like this.” Then, the extremely shy girl would run to her room, make sure she was alone, and gleefully act out the same scene to her satisfaction. That is how it all began. Now, that little girl has...

A live storytelling event with NWNY

Written by Divya Ramesh A 19-year-old girl, sweating in her cocktail dress and her eyes wide with fear, was driving through a slum in Rio de Janeiro with a middle-aged male stranger. She was lost, and also late for her friend’s wedding, so she had little choice but to blindly trust that this stranger would not rape or assault her, and that he would take her to her destination. A crowd of nearly 70 people sat transfixed as they listened...

Navigating the difficulties of immigration with Colombian immigrant Scarlett Freyre

  Written by Divya Ramesh Scarlett Freyre immigrated to North Carolina in 1992 from Bogotá, Colombia — she was 20. Colombia’s long tryst with political instability prompted her father’s decision to send his daughter to the US. The decision was a difficult one for many reasons, especially considering that Freyre had to drop out of Bogotá’s Los Andes University where she was studying Marketing and Merchandising Textiles, and put her education on hold. More than a decade after she arrived...