She Fled Russia for Freedom in the U.S. Ten Years Later, She’s Still Waiting.

Maria Titova stands in front of a commissioned mosaic in her office at the Rainforest Art Project, an arts education organization in San Diego. Photo: Kate Morrissey.

When Maria Titova filed her asylum application soon after fleeing Russia to San Diego where her husband was a flight school student, she thought the process would take a matter of months.

That was the beginning of 2016. She’s still waiting.