At 15, it was hard for Oksana Marafioti to adjust to American life and find normalcy while her family dabbled in ghost hunting, conducted seances and owned a psychic shop in the middle of Hollywood.

A teen surfer has urged people to 'tell your family you love them' after having a close brush with death when he was dragged underwater by a shark. Year 12 student Sav Marafioti, 17, was attacked by a ...

Oksana Marafioti’s family moved to the United States from the Soviet Union when she was 15 years old, settling in LA. But Marafioti isn’t your usual immigrant; she is also Gypsy, a race of people ...

Author Oksana Marafioti's new memoir, American Gypsy (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), is two success stories in one: one of an immigrant making her way in America, the other of a Gypsy. At 15, Marafioti ...

At 15, Marafioti, granddaughter and daughter of Roma performers, arrives in Hollywood from Russia, encountering culture clash and the rapid disintegration of her family, both rendered with touching, ...

When Lynbrook gymnastics named the team’s first-ever captains this winter, there were few more obvious picks than the athletes responsible for the program’s existence. Meet junior Gianna Marafioti and ...

Green Valley resident Oksana Marafioti's mother was Greek and Armenian, and her father was Ukrainian and Gypsy. She grew up in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. At 15, she and her family ...