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Gyuzel at Brighton Beach, where Central Asian food and old women gossiping in Russian makes her feel at home

Portraits & interviews / Volunteer profiles

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,...

Portraits & interviews

Meet Sandra Wilson, a social worker in NYC from Bogota, Colombia

  Communities thrive when everyone is equipped with the tools for success. New Women New Yorkers believes in the vast potential that every immigrant woman coming to New York has to contribute to our city, regardless of her national origin, cultural background, or educational level. Donate today to our campaign Support Immigrant Women to Enter the Workforce: https://support-immigrant-women.causevox.com   Tell us a little about yourself My name is Sandra Wilson, from Bogota, Colombia. I moved to New York less than two...

Portraits & interviews

Meet Montserrat Vargas, an artist and Real People. Real Lives. subject from Chile

  Communities thrive when everyone is equipped with the tools for success. New Women New Yorkers believes in the vast potential that every immigrant woman coming to New York has to contribute to our city, regardless of her national origin, cultural background, or educational level. Donate today to our campaign Support Immigrant Women to Enter the Workforce: https://support-immigrant-women.causevox.com   Tell us a little about yourself. Hi, my name is Montserrat and I’m from Temuco, Chile. I’ve been living in New York...

Portraits & interviews

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...