Stars Among Us

We celebrate and highlight the achievements of our members and the Latina women in our community. Our pride on their success does not constitute an official endorsement as the Latinas Unidas organization has no political affiliations.

Congratulations! ¡Felicitaciones!

 

July

To Zory Brown, for the opening of her new restaurant El Pilon Criollo in North Clinton Avenue, especializing in Puerto Rican food. Zory has participated as a vendor in the Puerto Rican Festival for several years and has now established a place of her own where we can enjoy her culinary creations all year round. Zory is also Christina Brown's Mom (read below in June)

 

June

To Miriam Estela Jurado, featured in her magazine as one of the "5 women to watch". Miriam is a Senior Staff Engineer of CIMS at RIT and a 2007 graduate of United Way's Latino Leadership Development Program.

To Christina Brown, graduating from the YEA! (Young Entrepreneurs Academy) program from University of Rochester. Cristina was the recipient of this year's Latinas Unidas Youth Leadership Scholarship to participate in this program.

 

May

To Dr. Luz Cruz, EdD, recognized with the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence by the State University of New York system. In 2002 Luz was awarded the Latinas Unidas Reconocimiento Award in Leadership Service. A member of The College at Brockport faculty since 1997, Luz is regarded by peers and students as an exceptional teacher and mentor. Her areas of expertise include teacher education, curriculum development and elementary physical education.

April

To Iveth Reynolds, interviewed in the April/May issue of Diversity Woman magazine of 2008, for the article "Don't Go It Alone: Create a Mentoring Culture". Iveth is member of the board of Latinas Unidas and CEO of Tri-Mar Consulting, Inc..

To Iveth Reynolds, appointed as V.P. of Rochester Membership by the board of the New York National Society of Hispanic MBA’s (NSHMBA). In this new board position, Iveth will be responsible for coordinating NSHMBA sponsor interest, events, university affiliations, and public awareness of the NSHMBA mission in the upstate and western New York region.

To Jackie Ortiz, recently appointed as member of Ibero-American Action League board of directors and featured in the April issue of ConXion in the column In Good Company. Jackie Ortiz is an Insurance and Financial services agent for State Farm.

February

To Talia González and Sofía Webb selected for the 2007-2008 Democrat and Chronicle Teen Council. Teen Council members advise the Editorial Board and write occasional columns.
Talia is a Junior at Greece Arcadia High School and Sofia is a softmore at Our Lady of Mercy High School in Webster.
We are proud of you!

To Elizabeth Ortiz, selected as one of the alumni featured in the latest Medaille College TV campaign. In the segment, Eli describes her experience as a participant of the college's Accelerated Learning Program Business Degree.
You can watch the segment here.

To Vilma Burgos Torres is featured in the front page story of ConXion. The article, titled "Escaping the No. 1 Killer", tells the story of how a few years back, at only 50 years of age, Vilma had a heart attach. Vilma now crusades to warn others of heart disease in women. According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading killer of Latinos, claiming more than 122,000 lives per year.
Read the article published by ConXion.

 

January

To Evelyn Santos, for the opening of her new store "Caribbean Fashions", featuring Guayabera shirts for men, women and children. Evelyn's new store is located at the 55 Station building, in Railroad street off Main Street, near the Public Market.
Previous to opening her store, Evelyn was one of our gracious hostesses during some of the Latinas Unidas Winter Networking events while she worked with Frontier.

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