NWNY’s program associate Gyuzel Zaripova’s winding road to NYC
How a young woman journeyed from Kazakhstan to Paris to New York City to start a new life. Written by Tatiana Spiegel On a cold winter day in December, I left my cozy apartment to get acquainted with an unfamiliar face, Gyuzel Zaripova, the program associate for New Women New Yorkers. I approached the West Village restaurant where we’d planned to meet and was warmly greeted by her at the entrance. She was wrapped in a wool coat and scarf,...