Vilma Daza, a librarian who has dedicated more than two decades to helping the community, especially the immigrant community, retires from her work. “I want to say that I am already happy because I have already sown the seeds, I have cultivated many plants and I have collected some fruits, but I am letting these … Read more
“Very exciting to be the first Latina in this position,” said Ischia Bravo. It is not for less. Bravo is the first Latina commissioner of juries of the Supreme Court of The Bronx and also the secretary of the supreme court. In both positions she is responsible for the criminal and civil branch. “After 20 … Read more
Steven Meléndez, with Puerto Rican roots, never imagined that classical ballet dance would give his life a 360 degree turn. “Ballet changed my whole life,” Meléndez said. It all started in 1992, while he and his family were living in a shelter in the South Bronx. At the age of seven, Steven was discovered and … Read more
Juan Plaza meets his friend, producer Brian Rashid, months after writing him a very peculiar love letter. With her, Brian wanted to thank her for her successes in her 35 years living in New York City. “A big surprise and the truth is that I received it with great joy and with great humility,” said … Read more
With lights, wood and ceramics, the Colombian-American Javier Sánchez, 52, has dedicated himself to creating a Christmas village in an unusual place every winter. And it is that for more than a decade, under a skyscraper, in an Upper East Side parking lot, Sánchez has surprised the inhabitants of the complex and all the curious … Read more