Category: Portraits & interviews
We were busy this September with enrollment for our LEAD and LEAD for New Moms fall programs, a mock interview session at the Rockefeller Foundation, and our storytelling program with The Moth followed by a final share and our community gathering Storytelling on the roof – Scroll down for more details. I hope you’ll be able to join us for Stories That Move Us on October 15, the one-and-only public performance of our storytellers, a night to honor and celebrate the stories...
Written by Tatiana Spiegel In New York City, the weekend of July 20 is filled with performances, parades, and street food celebrating the spirit of Colombian culture worldwide. To mark Colombian Independence Day, people dance to the Latin sounds of Cumbia, and are hypnotized by the smells of melting cheese on arepas and sizzling chorizo on the grill. Like many Colombian immigrants, Karla Florez Albor joins every year the Colombian Day Parade in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens....
I hope you had a wonderful end of the summer and Labor Day weekend. At New Women New Yorkers we are excited to kick off soon our professional development fall programs, including 2 new LEAD series and 1 new LEAD for New Moms series with The New York Public Library and The Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation. We also welcomed yesterday our new cohort of storytellers enrolled in our training program with The Moth. Save the date of October 15 for their only public performance...
I am excited to introduce myself to you as New Women New Yorkers’ new Program Associate. My name is Gyuzel and I was born and raised in Kazakhstan. I immigrated to France when I turned 17 to study international affairs and start my career. My professional background covers the fields of communications, intercultural management, and change implementation. In addition, my previous volunteer engagement in Paris was focused on helping young professionals navigate through winding career paths. As a recent LEAD workshop graduate, I am particularly...
