New Women New Yorkers

Tagged: women immigrants

Culture & events / Portraits & interviews

Send us your #ToImmigrantsWithLove messages

  Join New Women New Yorkers in showing NYC immigrants that we stand with them. Send us your #ToImmigrantsWithLove notes and photos to combat negative and divisive rhetoric with messages of love and support! On International Women’s Day (March 8), we will share them with the young immigrant women participating in our programs and our online communities. Launch of LEAD Spring series This week we’re launching the first 2017 series of our LEAD workforce development program at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library, with 19 young immigrant women from 10...

Portraits & interviews

A Filipino immigrant on being a new mom in the US

Written by Anna Archibald Being a mother is never an easy job. Being an immigrant mother, however, can be especially tough. Whether navigating a language barrier, being separated from family or trying to assimilate into American culture, there are a number of challenges made immensely more difficult and trying while raising a child. Edil Cuepo, a Filipino immigrant who came to the US with her family in 2008, is just discovering how rewarding — and challenging — life as a...

Volunteer profiles

NWNY Volunteer Profiles: Ludmila Leiva, 26, Blog Editor

  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. Ludmila Leiva, a 26-year-old writer, editor, and illustrator based in Brooklyn, has been volunteering with NWNY since the end of 2015. She...

Culture & events

Learning the Ins and Outs of Credit with NWNY

  On January 28, 10 young immigrant women, including several graduates of New Women New Yorker’s LEAD program (a free eight-week workforce development program), joined NWNY director Arielle Kandel at the NYPL Chatham Square library for the organization’s fifth Meetup. Each of the women attending got a crash course in how to start building credit and keep a handle on her credit score. While it may not be a glamorous topic, it’s a necessary education for anyone who plans to...