Shapiro (Zorde) Maya Osherovna (13.08.1954, Riga) — engineer. Born into the family of cutter Zorde Osher Iosifovich (1918, Ludza — 1989, Riga) and homemaker Zorde (Trainina) Beyla Osherovna (1919–1959, Riga). Completed Secondary School No. 22 (1971, Riga); worked at the “Siluets” production association (1971–75); enrolled at a technical college in Leningrad (1975); due to family circumstances, returned to Riga, where she completed an evening industrial polytechnic (1978). Worked as bookkeeper at the “Siluets” production association (1975–79); was equipment and repair engineer at the “Rigas Modes” production association (1979–88); worked at the “Rigas Serviss” cooperative (1988–90).

Her marriage to Shapiro Lev Semyonovich (1954, Leningrad) produced a son Shapiro Boris Lvovich (1977, Riga).

In 1990, received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1969 her uncle (her mother's brother) Trainin Mordukh Osherovich (1915, Riga) had been living.

N. Voronova

Zorde Osher Iosifovich (1918–1989) — father
Zorde (Trainina) Beyla Osherovna (1919–1959) — mother
Zorde Vitaly Osherovich (1948) — brother
Zorde Yakov Osherovich (1963) — brother
Trainin Mordukh Osherovich (1915) — uncle (mother's brother)