New Women New Yorkers

Author: ariellekandel

NYC neighborhoods

Neighborhood history: Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Written by Isabel Kaufman The ride to meet my friends in Sunset Park is quiet: past the warehouses, past the water, to the orderly residential streets. History is repeating: Sunset Park has long been characterized by the comings and goings of its population, and its soul determined by immigrant populations that have lived there. This is still true. Today, people come and go from Sunset Park to visit the namesake park and try out ethnic restaurants in Brooklyn’s Chinatown (along...

Culture & events

We’re hosting a pop-up dinner in Brooklyn this month

In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month (June), we’re hosting a pop-up dinner on May 23. Join us to celebrate the work we do with a six-course, vegetarian dinner from Chef Ankur Parikh. The dinner will be centered around the understanding that the beauty and vibrancy of our city comes not only from each distinct immigrant group, but also the individuals within each group, composed of extensive variations of tongues, dialects, and beliefs. Each course will have a color theme, using...

Portraits & interviews

How Patrizia Saraceni Corman is enriching children’s lives with language

Written by Daria Kurdyukova Seventeen years ago, second-generation Italian immigrant Patrizia Saraceni Corman, 55, gave birth to her son William. Not wanting him to miss out on the Italian language and traditions she learned from her own parents, Patrizia decided to make sure he received the same cultural upbringing that she did and began teaching him Italian. Eventually, she quit her job and opened Carousel of Languages, a foreign language program for young children that’s situated on the Upper East...

Portraits & interviews

A Chilean immigrant on becoming a lawyer in the US

Written by Constanza Prieto I am a woman, lawyer and immigrant, and I am proud of that. Being an immigrant, even by personal choice, is always difficult and requires a lot of courage. I left Chile, my country, six years ago just after I finished law school. My reason for leaving Chile was a mix between following my love and developing a career as an international lawyer. I lived for almost four years in Paris where I hold a master’s...