Tatiana B. Durbak

I came to this country as a baby refugee.  I grew up in an immigrant family and in an immigrant community.  Ukrainian was my first language.  In middle school, I started learning Spanish.  I pursued graduate studies in Spanish literature, and this opened the door to me to yet another culture.

Before going to law school, I was a teacher.  I taught at the high school and college levels.  Although I mostly taught Spanish, I also taught ESL and a course in women and Migration.

During the 20+ years that I have been an immigration attorney, I have had the pleasure of working with people from many different countries on all of the inhabited continents of the world.  I have learned that though our traaditions and customs may differ to one extent or another, there is much more that unites us than there is that separates us. 

I am now happily retired.