by Michelson Philanthropies | Mar 8, 2022 | FirstGen, News
FirstGen is a program that aims to uplift immigrant women through storytelling that celebrates their contributions and programming that facilitates their pathways to success. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Michelson Philanthropies program FirstGen...
by Michelson Philanthropies | Mar 8, 2022 | FirstGen, News
Enrollment in Upwardly Global’s Career Skills Program for immigrant women who now call Los Angeles home, launched last year with support from Alya Michelson’s FirstGen Initiative, nearly tripled above the initial target for the program, which is aimed at moving...
by Michelson Philanthropies | Feb 3, 2022 | 20 Million Minds, Michelson Found Animals, Michelson Philanthropies, News, Stories
During a recent all-staff meeting, the Michelson Philanthropies team highlighted the organization’s top 10 moments of significant impact in 2021, and looked ahead to achieving even more in 2022. By Justin Chapman U.S. Senator Cory Booker recently Zoom-bombed an...
by Michelson Philanthropies | Feb 1, 2022 | FirstGen, News
I was never a fan of the HBO series “Sex and the City” and certainly did not have any plans for watching the new HBO Max sequel “And Just Like That…,” but something came to my attention that compelled me to turn on the TV. By Alya Michelson The Tired...
by Justin Chapman | Dec 7, 2021 | FirstGen, Michelson Philanthropies, News
Alya Michelson detailed her journey from being a female journalist in Russia’s male-dominated news industry to an immigrant and artist overcoming gender stereotypes in the United States. By Justin Chapman Alya Michelson wasn’t even out of journalism school when...
