The We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate Fellows 2022
The We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate (WAABFAH) is a new
initiative launched by The Center for Community Leadership at the
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY), in
partnership with the Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate
Crimes. The JCRC-NY is one of six anchor organizations awarded
“The Partners Against the Hate (P.A.T.H.) Forward funding by the
Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes (OPHC), to
innovate community-based approaches in dealing with hate crime
prevention, and ultimately creating community relationships that
holistically work together in finding solutions in challenging
hate in New York and its neighborhoods.
The goal of the
Fellowship, to be conducted in a Boot Camp format, is to provide a
network of diverse leaders with the skills needed to partner and
engage in meeting this destructive challenge of rising Hate and
navigating the endemic divides existing in our communities, The
training sessions take place for the duration of five months and
are held twice a month along with the American Journeys trips.
Fellows will critically examine why hate crimes happen, what types
of hate crimes exist, and how they can collaboratively work
together to meet the challenge of combating hate in New York and
its neighborhoods.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of
New York (JCRC-NY) is the proactive central coordinating and
resource organization for the Jewish Community in the eight-county
metropolitan New York area. The Center for Community Leadership,
JCRC-NY’s Intergroup Relations department, works with our diverse
community and the great New York Community to craft solutions by
being a strategic builder of broad-based, multi-ethnic,
issues-solving coalitions.
Rabbi Robert G. Kaplan
Executive Director, The Center for
Community Leadership at JCRC-NY
Dr. Luz Martin del Campo
Program Associate, The Center for Community Leadership
at JCRC-NY
Imam Ahmed Ali was born in Pakistan and currently resides in
Brooklyn New York. He is known as COVID19 IMAM, due to his
extraordinary services to the community in the field of burying
Covid19 victims. He is acknowledged with the title of COVID19
HERO, and received a citation of it by the office of Brooklyn
Borough President's office (currently Mayor of NY Eric Adams)
in 2020. Imam Ahmed Ali is Currently serving in the New York
Police Department as Auxiliary Lieutenant in 62nd Precinct, and
serving as President, Khateeb & Imam of IQRA MASJID COMMUNITY
AND TRADITION, at 2483 65th Street Brooklyn, New York, 11204. The
masjid was established in 1996 by Turkish scholars and has a board
of multiple nationalities. Additionally, he is also serving as
Chief Chaplain in the United States Chaplain Force, and has
received citations from the Government of Pakistan, and many other
organizations as well for his services during the Covid19
pandemic.
Hobbies:
Staying busy in something and to visit historical and beautiful
places in the world.
Rev. Dr. David K. Allen is the Founder and CEO of Epic Village
Community Development and North Epic Life Center Inc, a new church
launched in Crown Heights Brooklyn. Dr. Allen presently serves as
the senior Pastor of Bethel Tabernacle AME Church in the Community
of Weeksville, Crown Heights, Brooklyn. David Allen was born and
raised in St. John’s Antigua. After serving five years in the
Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda as an undercover
detective in the Narcotics department, he immigrated to the United
States to continue his education in law enforcement with other law
enforcement agencies. Additionally, he attended Metropolitan
College of New York, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in
Business Administration in 2003 and graduated with honors. In
continuing his studies, He also attended the Alliance Theological
Seminary and graduated with honors with a Master's degree of
Divinity in 2013, and his Doctoral degree in Church and Community
Development at Drew University in May of 2017. Dr. Allen is an
ordained Itinerate Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal
Church. Additionally, he has also worked for many well- known
corporations as an executive and operations manager including,
Coach, Kenneth Cole, L’Oréal USA, and J.P. Morgan Chase where he
worked for nine years as a Private Client Banker. Presently, while
active in church and community, he has worked with many
nonviolence groups and community organizations including the 67 th
Precinct GodSquad, The 77 th Precinct United Clergy Council, The
77 th Precinct Community Council, The 100 th precinct of Far
Rockaway Arverne, NOBLE NYPD, and Young Life Crown Heights.
Hobbies: Watching Netflix foreign
movies with subtitles; Hanging with my children at the park; and
trying new restaurants.
Dr. Judith Anderson was born in Liberia and raised in Dallas,
Texas. She is a cultural anthropologist, Afro-Latin Americanist,
and Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic and Race
Studies at CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College where she
teaches classes in the areas of anthropology, Latin American
Studies, and Black Studies. Her research focuses on Black
political organizing in Argentina, Latin America’s famed
“European” nation. She is the cofounder and lead consultant of
Organización Afrodescendiente para la Asistencia Jurídica y
Formación (OAFRO), Argentina’s first Black legal aid organization.
She was a member of CUNY's Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies
Initiative (BRESI) Planning Commission and is a member of the
Race, Equity, and Inclusion (REI) Steering Committee at BMCC. She
serves as the institutional liaison for BMCC under the NYU Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Title VI grant focused on
curriculum development. Prof. Anderson is a creator and program
coordinator for the Black Studies across the Americas at BMCC, a
research initiative in which faculty and students work
collaboratively to insert Black Studies into courses where it is
not the focus. She has served as a mentor for the Collegiate
Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) and CUNY Corps. She
has worked closely with BMCC students to co-organize multiple
events for Women’s Herstory Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, Hispanic
Heritage Month, and African Heritage Month. This includes
collaborating with local community organizations including Girls
Educational and Mentoring Services (anti-sex trafficking
organization), the Audre Lorde Project, Domestic Workers United,
The New Sanctuary Coalition, and the Brooklyn Bail Community Fund.
She is also a member of the United Way of New York City's
Education Equity Cabinet. She earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology, with
an Interdisciplinary focus in Film and Media Studies from the
University of Florida at Gainesville, where she also completed an
advanced graduate certificate in Latin American Studies.
Hobbies: In her free time, she
enjoys cooking, traveling, visiting museums, and watching horrible
reality programming.
Adam Berish is currently the Brooklyn Regional Manager of the
Community Security Initiative (CSI), a joint initiative between
the JCRC-NY and the UJA Federation . Before joining CSI, Adam spent
some time as the Director of Security at Central Synagogue in
Manhattan. Adam spent 26 years in the NYPD, first in the Housing
Police Department as a Project Community Officer. After the 1995
merge of New York City’s three police agencies, Adam held
different assignments, including community policing, plain clothes
work, and burglary investigations. In 2005, Adam was assigned to
the Community Affairs Bureau as the Jewish Liaison, until 2009
when he became the Jewish Liaison to the Police Commissioner. Adam
stayed in that assignment until he retired in 2019 as a Detective
First Grade. During his 10 years in the Police Commissioner’s
Office, Adam was also assigned as the NYPD’s Point Person for
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Town Hall Meetings.
Hobbies: Reading, listening to
music, finding great restaurants, and generally exploring New York
City.
Jane Birzin works currently as the honors counselor at
Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. In this capacity she
assists students with deriving and assessing their transfer
choices to a four-year college in order to earn their
baccalaureate as Kingsborough is a two-year community college. She
also assists students in the search for and completion of
applications to these colleges as well as the search for and
applications for scholarships and financial aid. Jane retired
after more than 25 years in the New York City Department of
Education . Her professional work included teaching both English
and English as a Second Language. At her retirement she had held
the position of Assistant Principal Guidance Services in a high
school. Jane has also completed a professional certificate in
psychoanalysis from Washington Square Institute for Mental Health
Services in New York City. In this capacity Jane worked with
patients with counseling needs. She also headed the institute’s
continuing education program. Jane earned her B.A. in English at St. Joseph’s College and M.A. in English at Brooklyn College-CUNY.
Hobbies: Jane enjoys going
to the theater, travel, community activities but most of all
spending time with her 8 grandchildren.
Dr. Monalisa Ferrari is the Founder and President of FEWGI
Foundation for the Emancipation of Women and Girls located in 10
cities in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Chile, USA, soon in
Angola Africa. She is a multi-talented entrepreneur, after having
established her career as an educator, community leader and
organizer, media, marketing and public relations expert,
innovator, philanthropist, campaign strategist She recently
co-founded DREP Disaster Relief and Emergency Preparedness by
putting together over 250 professionals from an array of
backgrounds to assist with the most recent Haiti Earthquake Relief
and soon thereafter mobilized to assist with the Texas Migrant
Crisis. Dr. Monalisa Ferrari is also the CEO of Ferrari and
Associates International, LLC, a New York based consulting firm
that facilitates leadership and professional development within
education, non-profit and private sectors in the US and Haiti.
Known as an educator, community leader, media expert and
philanthropist, Dr. Ferrari started her career in education in
1985 as an Adult Literacy and ESL Teacher. She is currently a
Director of Professional Development for New York City’s
Department of Education but has worked in various positions such
as a Professional Development Coordinator, Middle School Director,
Dean, Lead Teacher, and Mentor, among others. Her leadership and
passion for education goes beyond the classroom. She has worked
with several organizations such as the New York State Association
for Bilingual Education of which she served as Vice President. She
also has served as President of the Haitian Educators League for
Progress between 2010 and 2013, a non-profit community-based
organization serving Haitian educators in New York City and Haiti.
In her role as President of the League, Dr. Ferrari provided
professional development to teachers through seminars on teaching
methodologies, data analysis, behavior management, and more. She
is the Co-Founder of the United Front of the Haitian Diaspora and
has served as Vice President and later as Executive Director.
Additionally, she has worked with several groups of women in the
New York tristate area by facilitating conversations and workshops
that promote leadership, civic engagement, and youth education.
Dr. Ferrari’s vision is to see a more united and fortified Haiti
and Haitian Diaspora, which is why she works relentlessly on
building sustainable partnerships with many organizations in the
US and Haiti. She is an active member of Haitian Leadership
Fellowship, now known as the Haitian Leadership Coalition. The
coalition, which is a project of CAUSE-NY, the intergroup
relations department of the Jewish Community Relations Council of
New York (JCRC-NY), is in partnership with the Brooklyn Community
Foundation’s New York City Haitian American Hope and Healing Fund.
Her contribution to the coalition has enhanced ongoing
interactions with all community leaders towards the rebuilding of
Haiti. Through various initiatives in the media, Dr. Ferrari works
to inform, educate, and empower youths across the Haitian
diaspora, and bridge the intergenerational gap. She is the host of
Radyo Pa Nou Perspectives Haitiennes, a 38-year-old weekly radio
program on 91.5 FM WNYE NY, and is the voice of the Society for
Haitian Research, where she serves as President and Mentor. She is
the executive producer and host for Le Mojo Show, a virtual series
broadcast through Facebook Live and YouTube which hosts
discussions and in-depth interviews on key social, political, and
economic issues relevant to Haitians. She also hosts segments on
Radio Tele Solidarite (RTS-TV) and “Bel Pawol Dyaspora” on Haiti
News Network (HNN), Cohost of Diasporama on Radio Tele Haitianna
where she gathers leaders across the Haitian diaspora to discuss
issues that affect the global community.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, networking, and comedy.
I've had the honor to work with Be'chol Lashon and give lectures to exceptional college students about my life in Iraq as an LGBTQA+ Jewish female activist and the lessons we all can learn from that experience. Outside of Be'chol Lashon, I work full time as a pharmacy technician. In the spare time I have left, I write articles, create and animate original videos to my website Darceen.org, a unique Jewish Arabic website highlighting historical connections of the Middle Eastern region with a focus on promoting social justice, human rights values, and feminism.
As an undergraduate student, I studied Law in Iraq, and have taken courses in Verification Form in Business, Entrepreneurship, Operations, and Marketing at Harvard Business School. I also hold a Google IT Support Professional Certificate.
Hobbies: I enjoy reading non-fiction science books, computer programming, cooking and creating new original recipes, painting, crafting, and dancing (Russian/Ashkenazi Jewish folk dance).
Chris Johnson has demonstrated a long-term commitment to positive change. Throughout his career, Chris has accomplished this by organizing effective campaigns and grassroots efforts. A lifetime of outreach and cultivation of personal and professional relationships has placed Chris at the hub of a vast human network of talents and resources. His ability to connect key individuals, concerned groups, and community leaders has allowed him to create and support stronger collectives empowered to make measurable change. The driving force behind Chris’ work is an unshakable belief that change is possible. In his role as an advocate, he provides a voice for those who too often go unheard, but his ultimate goal is to have individuals know that they have power to enact change in their communities and in their lives. Chris also worked on health care issues as the Outreach Coordinator for the Brooklyn Alliance to Strengthen the Safety Net, the Program Coordinator of the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, and as a Community Organizer focused on environmental justice issues at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. He earned from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Bachelor’s degree in History with Minors in Economics and Political Science.
Hobbies: Listening to music,
cooking, following sports and the arts and exploring the outdoors.
Currently working as the Partners Against the Hate coordinator for the 67th Precinct Clergy Council Inc a community-based non-profit organization supporting the shared responsibility of public safety in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Esther is an experienced individual with expertise in diversity, equity and inclusion, legal, advocacy, and leadership. Esther has committed her time and prospering career to solving public policy concerns in Higher Education, hate crimes & bias incidents, racial justice, and many other concerns that affect the communities throughout New York City. Her educational background includes a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from CUNY Baruch and a B.A in both Political Science and International Relations from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She has represented 5 state colleges in the largest student government assembly in the nation and has worked for various public and private offices such as the Research and Analytics department at the New York State Attorney General's Office and Calcaterra Pollack LLC. Her visionary perspective has ingrained in her the ability to dismantle barriers to improve community issues that work for the greater majority of all individuals.
Hobbies: Outside of work
Esther enjoys reading, trying new restaurants, and spending time
with her family.
Kenton completed a Master’s degree in Social Work from New York
University. With up to 20 years of experience in the field Mr.
Kirby has worked in a number of positions in child welfare as well
as a Forensic Social worker throughout the New York State court
system. Kenton has worked as an adjunct lecturer at the graduate
and undergraduate level in New York City and has a wide array of
experience providing individual and group therapy to those with
complex mental health needs in sex offender, parenting, and drug
treatment programs. In his current role as the Director of
Practice at the Center for Court Innovation, Kenton is responsible
for spearheading direct practice values and vision for one of the
largest city agencies in New York City. Kenton was also one of the
founders in developing the Make it Happen program at the Center
for Court Innovation. Make it Happen is a revolutionary and
nationally recognized program model that provides mentoring,
intensive case management, clinical interventions, and supportive
workshops to young men of color ages 16-24 who have been impacted
by violence. Through a trauma-informed and culturally competent approach participants are challenged to think about how their
definition of manhood is intertwined in trauma and the
implications it has on stereotypical gender roles.
Kenton was
awarded the 2016 Emerging Leader Award by the National Association
of Social Workers, New York City Chapter (NASW-NYC). He was the
recipient of the Community Impact Award from the Urban Justice
Center in 2017. Kenton was also a recipient of the 2019 Advocates
Award from the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Gender Based Violence
(ENDGBV). Kenton currently serves as the Board Secretary for the
NYC Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.
Hobbies: Kenton is a former
college basketball player and a big fan of all NY sports teams. He
loves spending time with his friends and family and walking the
Coney Island boardwalk.
Alicia Miranda serves as a Program Manager for the Office for the
Prevention of Hate Crimes. Previously, she worked as a Special
Projects Coordinator with the NYC Administration of Children’s
Services Division of Youth and Family Justice, overseeing Cure
Violence and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)
prevention programming citywide. Prior to this, she worked for the
Kings County District Attorney’s Office’s Victim Services Unit as
an Advocate assigned to the Civil Rights Bureau/Hate Crimes Unit
where she provided crisis counseling, safety planning, assisted
with victim compensation claims and provided advocacy services for
families and victims of crime. Alicia holds a Master’s degree in
Social Work in Community Organizing, Planning and Development
(with a specialization in Child Welfare) from CUNY Hunter College,
and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from CUNY John Jay
College of Criminal Justice. Alicia is also a licensed Notary and
member of Lambda Pi Upsilon Sorority, Latinas Poderosas Unidas
Inc., where she currently serves as a mentor for undergraduate
members.
Hobbies: In Alicia’s free
time she likes to paint, read (recently finished “The Inheritance
of Orquìdea Divina”), binge watch popular television series, and
shower her rescue cat with 100 tiny kisses.
Native of Crown Heights Brooklyn, Dexter is a self taught
trumpeter, music composer, performer, and board member at Carnegie
Hall's Musical Connections program; Musicambia; Creative
Times; and Azalea Blossoms. Prior to work at Repair the World
Dexter worked as the Senior Client Services Associate for the
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund and Post Release Coordinator at
(BCBF) New York Immigrant Freedom Fund where he served as a
caseworker, and organizer for both innovative criminal and
immigration justice platforms. Dexter is currently a mentor for
formerly incarcerated adults at the Touchdown NYC Organization and
has served as a mentor for the Youth Assistance Program at the
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Dexter holds
his B.S. in Behavioral Science from Mercy College. Dexter is
passionate about advocating and bringing communities together and
remains committed to serving all members of his community.
Hobbies: When not working
you can find Dexter partaking in activities that include learning
about cultures and languages, furniture building,
fishing-bowfishing, bowhunting, restoring vintage items, and
cooking all sorts of cultural dishes. Most of all he loves
spending quality time with his family.
Samuel M. Pierre is currently a Co-Founder and the Executive
Director at the Haitian American Caucus (HAC), a global community
development nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide
Haitian communities around the world with access to information
and resources that will foster self-development and success. With
operations in both the US and Haiti, HAC helps over 3,000 people a
year through advocacy and service training in education,
healthcare, and economic development. With 10 plus years of
government experience in local, state, and federal government, Sam
has built relationships and contacts that have helped him complete
projects and create programs that assisted and secured funding for
the religious, nonprofit, and private sector communities. A
compassionate manager with excellent interpersonal and
communication skills, Sam is dedicated to fostering a working
environment that encourages collaboration and optimizes team
performance. Sam uses his experience as an expert public affair
professional to bring innovation and new public-private
partnerships to the nonprofit sector.
Sam holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and Finance
from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree in Strategic
Communications with a specialization in Political Science from St.
John’s University. Sam also serves as an Adjunct Faculty Professor
at St. Francis College and teaches classes like Introduction to
Entrepreneurship 1001 to college freshmen and sophomores. Sam
volunteers and works with multiple churches, organizations and
holds membership roles in organizations like Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Incorporated, The Gentlemen’s Factory, and the
Brooklyn Chapter of the NAACP. Sam’s ultimate goal is to increase
awareness about issues that all marginalized communities deal with
on a daily basis while keeping to the mission to help them solve
these complex problems through advocacy and service.
Hobbies: Playing piano at
church, producing for hip-hop rappers and R&B singers, playing
NBA 2K on my Xbox, and conducting Bible Studies at my church.
Steff Reed is a Musician, Educator, and Activist. By sharing his
story, Reed shows others that they are not alone. He is a Black
Man that loves and gives greatly, modeling that emotional
sensitivity and compassion can make us stronger as a community.
As a singer, songwriter, producer and multi- instrumentalist,
Steff Reed is known to affect audiences with his spiritual,
uplifting energy and song. He is unafraid to be vulnerable and
open in his own story, sharing lessons of resilience, healing,
self-betterment. Reed blends genres of folk rock, alternative
rock, pop rock to culminate in inspirational, humanitarian
messages. Over the years, Reed has gained national acclaim as a
producer and songwriter having worked with the likes of Trey
Songz, Jhene Aiko, Eric Roberson, Swizz Beatz, Kenny Lattimore,
and Gordon Chambers on songs that made it to the Billboard
Charts. As an Educator, Reed has taught thousands of youth
between the ages 4-24 over the last 15 years. In 2013, he was
nominated for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award and taught a “Power
of Love” workshop at NYU/Ed Sullivan Fellows. Reed is currently
building a Brooklyn-based non-profit, Power of Love, in
partnership with Judson Memorial Church. His latest music project
is of the same name. By using his social capital and influence,
Reed is scaling his impact to empower wider audiences and impact
real political change. Steff is inspired by socially conscious
artists like John Lennon, Prince, Tracy Chapman, U2, Jean Michel
Basquiat, and Jimi Hendrix.
Hobbies: Bike Riding (citibike), walking
or hiking in nature parks (Prospect Park, Central Park, Inwood
Hill Park), museum/gallery visits (The MET, Whitney Museum, MoMA),
playing chess, walks around the neighborhood/city, cooking, caring
for my plants, reading (self help books, marketing books, personal
development), journaling, setting goals, watching documentaries,
listening to podcasts, listening to music, playing music,
thrifting, spending time with kids (daughter 11, son 22), spending
time with family, and spending time with friends.
Patrik Tepman is a student at the University of Haifa, Israel
working on his Bachelor’s degree in Education and Jewish History
studies. He joined the Kings Bay YM-YWHA (3495 Nostrand Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY., 11229), two years ago as part of a Cultural
Exchange program from Israel, with a decade of experience in youth
organizations in Israel. Today he leads together with another
Israeli fellow the Teen department with several youth programs in
the Southern Brooklyn Community and building-wide community events
during Jewish High Holidays.
Hobbies: Hiking and exploring new
places, cooking, and Marvel.
Maayan Zik currently works as Coordinator for One Crown Heights, a
coalition of Crown Heights organizations, elected officials,
community leaders, and locals that seek to unify our diverse
community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. As a
representative of Ker a Velt, she joined One Crown Heights’
coalition in planning their 2021 One Crown Heights Neighborhood
Festival.
Zik, an Orthodox Jewish Jamaican-American raised in Washington,
DC, is a social activist, designer, speaker, and writer who in
June 2020 co-organized the Tahalucha For Social Justice which
called on Orthodox/Chabad Jews in Crown Heights to march against
police violence. Since then, she co-founded organizations, Ker a
Velt and Kamochah, which further her work in social justice and
racial equity amongst the Jewish and Black communities of Crown
Heights and the broader Orthodox Jewish community. She’s a
contributing writer for The Jewish Press’ Column called, Word
Prompt. She’s spoken in college classes and panels, recently
joining a Harvard University lecture panel. In summer 2021, she
appeared on the first episode of CNN Brasil’s series, ‘Entre
Mundos Com Pedro Andrade.’ Maayan has been listed on Forward’s
2020 ‘Forward 50’ and The New York Jewish Week’s 2021 List of ’36
Under 36.’ She has been featured in Vogue Magazine, the Washington
Post, Business Insider, The Jewish Press, and more. She is an alum
of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, School
of Art and Machon L’Yahadus Women’s Yeshiva. She lives with her
family in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.
Hobbies: Outside of work and
volunteering, Zik enjoys reading, crocheting, and spending time
with her family.
Mon Yuck Yu is co-founder and Executive Vice President & Chief
of Staff at the Academy of Medical & Public Health Services
(AMPHS), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to addressing
healthcare barriers affecting underserved immigrant populations.
She has spearheaded initiatives in mental health, literacy, and
anti-Asian hate prevention. An active immigrant rights advocate,
Mon Yuck is heavily involved in the fight for universal health
coverage and constantly inspired by the stories of immigrants like
her parents, who struggled with healthcare access. Mon Yuck
previously served at Chinese-American Planning Council, New York
State Assembly, and Federal Emergency Management Agency, where she
organized citywide emergency planning efforts and localized
disease outbreak response initiatives, and founded a strategic
consultancy for nonprofit organizations and social enterprises
services. Mon Yuck also serves as Vice Board Chair of the Women’s
Empowerment Coalition of NYC, Executive Board Member of New
Leaders Council NYC Chapter, and Community Advisory Board Member
of Test & Trace. Mon Yuck received her B.A. in anthropology
from Dartmouth College and Master of Public Administration in
Urban and Health Policy from Columbia University. She has been
recognized as Richard D. Lombard Fellow, Coro Immigrant Civic
Leadership Program Fellow, 2019 New Leaders Council Fellow, 2021
Cause Effective Executive Director’s Fellow, New York Nonprofit
Media 40 Under 40 Rising Star, and Harvey A. Picker Prize in
Public Service recipient.
Hobbies: In her free time, she enjoys
cooking, traveling, creating art and learning new languages.