Beautiful Journey

Combining two of Alya Michelson’s deepest passions—uplifting immigrant women and journalism— Beautiful Journey offers a mix of written, podcast, and video interviews that focus on the lessons these brave, beautiful, generous women have learned while building lives in a new home.

Emilee Generous 10/31/23 Emilee Generous 10/31/23

Sylwia Wisenberg

In this episode of Beautiful Journey, host Alya Michelson welcomes Sylwia Wiesenberg, a beauty entrepreneur and the founder of BAWDY Beauty, DOPE Naturally, and TONIQUE Fitness. Sylwia shares the business challenges she faced as an immigrant woman and how she overcame them to create new opportunities for herself.

Emilee Generous 9/27/23 Emilee Generous 9/27/23

Lola Adeyemo

Alya Michelson joins Lola Adeyemo, CEO & Founder of EQIMindset, who embarked on a life-changing adventure from Nigeria to the United States to pursue a university degree. But her journey was about more than academics; it was a transformative experience that revealed unexpected lessons along the way.

Tulasi Lovell 8/9/23 Tulasi Lovell 8/9/23

Ksenia Turkova

Alya Michelson welcomes Ksenia Turkova, a Voice of America journalist with over 20 years of experience in TV and radio. Join them as they journey back to their early days in Moscow, where they both served as journalists for different media outlets during a time of profound change and growth.

Guest User 9/14/21 Guest User 9/14/21

Jina Krause-Vilmar

In this inaugural episode of the “Beautiful Journey” podcast, Alya Michelson asks Jina Krause-Vilmar of Upwardly Global about the Career Skills Program they’ve partnered on, the challenges immigrant women face in pursuing their careers, the impact of harmful stereotypes, the emerging humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and more.