In this story, I will take you on a personal journey through my experience as a competitive swimmer, highlighting the crucial role my mom, as a single parent, has played in my success and how I overcame an eating disorder. Together, we will explore my goals and...
Early years My name is Marina Abayeva in 1993 my family and I immigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States. I came here as a teenager and was full of ambition. I faced new challenges in this country, for the first three years I struggled with speaking...
I was 23 when my family and I came to New York, feeling ambitious and young. I studied at Queens College, while being a wife and a mother, busy with three children. With God’s help, I made it to the end. How did I become a financial professional? Honestly, it wasn’t...
Hi, my name is Dr. Yelena Davydova. I have been practicing medicine for about a decade now. It wasn’t easy getting here and many tried to discourage me, but here I am writing my bio for a Facebook page with other beautiful strong women who made it, to help encourage...
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” President Theodore Roosevelt. This is my story….. My name is Diana Yakubova. I came to America with my family in the early 1990s from the former Soviet Union. I was born in Uzbekistan, a...
I was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. My family immigrated from former Soviet Union in 1993. Moving to USA was rough being a teenager. Went to high school, made good friends; with many of them still in contact. My sister and I had to work to help our parents with the...