Community Star Of Queens Inna Stavitsky

Job: Stavitsky is a volunteer at the Russian American Voters Educational League in Rego Park, a non-profit organization that educates Russian-speaking Americans on the voting system to ensure that their votes count. She has been working there since its origination over ten years ago. “I became involved because I understood their mission as a very important one,” explained Stavinsky. “Information was very scarce. Russians really didn’t know much about the elections system.” Stavitsky also works at the Northern Day Health Care Center in Brooklyn.
Affiliations: Stavitsky is a board member for the American Association of Jews from the former Soviet Union. “We came here as refugees from the former Soviet Union,” noted Stavitsky. She is also an educational consultant for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), the oldest international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the U.S.
Education: Stavitsky received her M.A. in Education to teach English in St. Petersburg, Russia and also received her M.A. in Public Administration from Baruch College.
Family: Stavitsky has been married to her husband, Aron for almost 40 years and they have two daughters, Asya and Marina.
Hobbies: “I love theater and I go pretty often,” noted Stavitsky. She also loves to read and to take care of house plants.
Favorite Memory: “I have two daughters and their birth is my favorite memory. It wasn’t the easiest memory, but it is my favorite.”
Biggest Gripe: “I started to lose friends back in Russia. Health services are very poor there and unfortunately, people get very sick.”