A writer, traveler and award winning photographer, Tania Amochaev was born in Serbia and spent her childhood in San Sabba, a refugee camp in Trieste, Italy. She graduated from San Francisco’s public schools, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She served as CEO of three technology companies, then founded the Healdsburg Literary Guild and the educational non-profit Public School Success Team.
Fluent in a number of languages including her native Serbo-Croatian and Russian, as well as French and Italian, her first book, Mother Tongue, follows the story of three generations of women in her family. She is currently writing a book that starts with her father's flight as an infant from Russia duringA writer, traveler and award winning photographer, Tania Amochaev was born in Serbia and spent her childhood in San Sabba, a refugee camp in Trieste, Italy. She graduated from San Francisco’s public schools, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She served as CEO of three technology companies, then founded the Healdsburg Literary Guild and the educational non-profit Public School Success Team.
Fluent in a number of languages including her native Serbo-Croatian and Russian, as well as French and Italian, her first book, Mother Tongue, follows the story of three generations of women in her family. She is currently writing a book that starts with her father's flight as an infant from Russia during the Revolution of 1917, follows him through life in Serbia, and to San Francisco’s Tsarist Russian community. The essay on her visit to her father's home village in the heart of Russia during repressive Communist times was published in Best Travel Writing, Volume 10.
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In light of the current situation in Myanmar, I wanted to republish this account—included in my book Never a Stranger—of just one of several moving, unforgettable experiences I had there a few years ago. Thinking of my friends in Myanmar, and offering strength, courage, and love during these very challenging times.
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I was sharing the wooden floor of a primitive home with a group of chattering wome