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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Born in Russia, Victoria Cross graduated from the Moscow
State University of Culture with a B.A. in Library & Information Science,
and a minor in Nursing. She was <span>chief</span>
librarian for the central library in a large Russian city. She moved to Oregon
in 1998 with her husband, Richard, and her daughter, Olga. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In 2011, Victoria founded, and
remains the Chair of, the Multnomah County Employee Resource Group for
Immigrants and Refugees. The group is the first of its kind in the United States,
and it serves as a teaching tool for other <span>counties</span>
to increase awareness about immigrant and refugee experiences in a work
environment, as well as out in the community. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In her article,
Victoria remembers when she first arrived in the United States and joined a
carpool to Portland from her home in Scappoose, Oregon. Through listening,
observing and trying to adapt to a new culture, she learned about herself and
the culture of her new country. Please download and read this meaningful, real-life short
story today.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss1/9/">http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss1/9/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss1/9/"><br></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Charles Wood</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">OLA Communications<br></span></p>
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