Immigrant of the Day: Yulia Zagoruychenko (Russia)

Yulia Zagoruychenko (born September 11, 1981) is originally from Russia where she began dancing at age four.  She pursued Latin dancing and, at 21, moved to America. Yulia became the U.S. National Professional Latin Dance Champion.  Yulia and her partner, Riccardo Cocchi, were World Latin Professional Champions and 3-times undefeated U.S. National Professional Latin Champions.  They appeared on the popular U.S. televison show “Dancing With the Stars.”

KJ