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Immigrant of the Day: Marina Belotserkovsky (Former USSR)

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Marina_belotserkovsky Marina Belotserkovsky, Director of Russian Communications and Community Outreach for Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in New York City is our Immigrant of the Day. As director of Russian Communications and Community Outreach at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Belotserkovsky is responsible for assisting over one million members of the U.S. Russian-speaking community. She produces and hosts “HIAS Answers,” a radio and television program developed to provide information for new immigrants when they arrive in the United States. Together with her HIAS colleagues, Belotserkovsky has been instrumental in the success of Local Russian-speaking Émigré Organizations (LOREO) and The Civic and Voter Educational Initiative, HIAS’ key national outreach programs for Russian Americans.

Belotserkovsky immigrated to the United States in 1989 as a refugee from the Former Soviet Union. In 1996, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Before coming to the United States, Belotserkovsky founded and ran a school for gifted children in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has a graduate degree in linguistics and teaching from the Pedagogical State University in St. Petersburg.

KJ