We are sorry to say goodbye to Alla, a paralegal at DLG. She will be going on some adventures abroad and afterwards moving out of New York City. Alla brought a wonderful background and experience to the firm, and she will be missed. To say goodbye, we had some wine and cheese and watched the sunset together. (Maybe a few tears were shed.) We wish her all the best on her travels and hope she stops by for visits in the future where we can watch even more sunsets (you know, since we have such a good view!) Bye, Alla!
My Immigration Story
Growing up in the Moscow region of Russia in the late 1980s and the 1990s, I don’t quite remember the Soviet times—but I do remember perestroika (“rebuilding”) and the aftermath of the Soviet Union collapsing. I remember standing in long lines to buy bread and bringing a milk can to be filled from a truck that came to my town on certain days of the week from a nearby farm.
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Alla was born and grew up in the Moscow region in Russia. When she was a teenager, her stepdad received a job in the Washington D.C. area, and her family moved to the United States, just as she was set to attend Moscow State University. Although her family moved away, she still attended the university, one of the oldest and most prestigious in Russia, and majored in philosophy. “I knew I was always good with languages and humanities,” she says. “Philosophy seemed like a good match.” She specialized in cultural studies, which would be close to American studies in anthropology. After graduation, she moved to the US to attend graduate school at The George Washington University, where she studied international policy.
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