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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Sandimirova is originally from Tatarstan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themarshallproject.org/we-are-witnesses/immigration/alena|title=Alena Sandimirova {{!}} We are Witnesses: Becoming an American|website=The Marshall Project|access-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704175213/https://www.themarshallproject.org/we-are-witnesses/immigration/alena|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, an independent republic of Russia, and is indigenous of | Sandimirova is originally from Tatarstan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themarshallproject.org/we-are-witnesses/immigration/alena|title=Alena Sandimirova {{!}} We are Witnesses: Becoming an American|website=The Marshall Project|access-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704175213/https://www.themarshallproject.org/we-are-witnesses/immigration/alena|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>, an independent republic of Russia, and is indigenous of Chӑvash (sometimes spelled as Chavash or Chuvash) descent.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.queerasiansocialclub.com/dis-orient-vol1-issue-4|title=Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor|work=Disorient|volume=1|issue=4|date=4 December 2020|access-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704175220/https://www.queerasiansocialclub.com/dis-orient-vol1-issue-4|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
Sandimirova came to the U.S in 2009 as an LGBT refugee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livekindly.co/lgbtq-sustainable-businesses/|title=15 LGBTQ Sustainable Businesses To Support This Pride Month & Always|website=Live Kindly|access-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123063051/https://www.livekindly.co/lgbtq-sustainable-businesses/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Because the US was in an economic crisis and they were an undocumented immigrant, Sandimirova struggled to find work. In order to make money, they began their own business buying used gold and diamond jewelry and repairing them.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/video/atomic-gold-lgbt-business-success-story-vyxxmp/|title=Automic Gold: An LGBTQ+ Business Success Story|website=PBS|date=2 April 2020|access-date=25 March 2023|format=video|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204194634/https://www.pbs.org/video/atomic-gold-lgbt-business-success-story-vyxxmp/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | Sandimirova came to the U.S in 2009 as an LGBT refugee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livekindly.co/lgbtq-sustainable-businesses/|title=15 LGBTQ Sustainable Businesses To Support This Pride Month & Always|website=Live Kindly|access-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123063051/https://www.livekindly.co/lgbtq-sustainable-businesses/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Because the US was in an economic crisis and they were an undocumented immigrant, Sandimirova struggled to find work. In order to make money, they began their own business buying used gold and diamond jewelry and repairing them.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/video/atomic-gold-lgbt-business-success-story-vyxxmp/|title=Automic Gold: An LGBTQ+ Business Success Story|website=PBS|date=2 April 2020|access-date=25 March 2023|format=video|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204194634/https://www.pbs.org/video/atomic-gold-lgbt-business-success-story-vyxxmp/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> | ||