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Portraits & interviews

September News: Kicking-off fall LEAD series, and new storytelling cohort with The Moth

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...

Portraits & interviews

August News: 2017 Annual Report, field visit at WES, Yoga & Community series for immigrant women

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...

Culture & events

Exploring cultures through cuisine in New York

Written and photographed by Daria Kurdyukova-Pillot In New York you can experience whatever you want. It has everything and it never ceases  to surprise you. The beautiful city full of beautiful people from all over the world gives you a lot of opportunities to feel like you are back in your home country. Food is one of these possibilities. I like cooking and tasting food from different parts of our amazing world. My favorite cuisines are Italian, French, Indian, Japanese,...

Portraits & interviews

A newcomer’s guide to navigating New York

Written by Shelley McKay Big cities are often judged on their ability to move the hundreds of thousands (or millions) of their inhabitants and tourists safely and quickly from point A to point B. The Sustainable Cities Mobility Index 2017 ranked New York’s transportation system 23rd among 100 cities, taking into account each system’s social and human impacts (like accessibility and efficiency), economic aspects (such as affordability and time taken to get to work), and environmental implications (including air pollution...