Inspirational Bukharian Women

  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 modern...

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...

Presently a Platinum Award Winning Associate Real Estate Broker at Douglas Elliman in Queens and Long Island my journey began in Russia, in the most loving and giving home of a family living in Tashkent.  I was the first child and my parents loved me unconditionally....

My name is Asnat Yuabov, and I am an OMS-II at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. I am a first-generation American and an Orthodox Bukharian Jew. I’ll be talking about my journey to medical school! While at Queens College, I did...

Being a first generation American born to traditional Bukharian family came with many beautiful yet challenging experiences. As a child I grew up having pride in my identity and empowered by my grandparents and parents to overcome hurdles along the journey of...

Originally from Tashkent City in Uzbekistan, my story begins like most others in my community. My family immigrated from the Soviet Union when I was only 7 years old. Having just started first grade in a school in Russia, we had to leave everything behind in October...

This project helped me reflect on my life and express my inner dialogue of “Who I Am.” I was raised by a single mom in the fruitful city of Tashkent. My mother was my world, my mentor, and my role model and remains so despite her physical absence. From an early age, I...