From left, Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson; President of Hostos Group Faculty Daisy Cocco De Filippis and Bronx District Legal professional Darcel Clarke.
Picture courtesy Workplace of the Bronx Borough President/Josh Mock
Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson on Wednesday partnered with Ponce Financial institution, NYC Well being + Hospitals/Lincoln, SBH Well being Programs, Verizon and Fidelis Care to host her annual Girls’s Herstory Month celebration on the Grand Slam Banquet Corridor on East Tremont Avenue within the Bronx.
Honorees for the night have been: Founding father of the South Bronx Academy for Utilized Media in New York Metropolis, Dr. Roshone Ault Lee; and President of Eugenio Maria de Hostos Group Faculty, Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Ph.D., who’s the primary Dominican Republic girl to function a Metropolis College of New York (CUNY) school president.
Additionally honored have been: Government Director of Inexperienced Bronx Machine, Lizette B. Ritz; and Vice President of Nursing High quality and Informatics, St. Barnabas Well being Programs (SBH), Jacqueline A. Witter.
Receiving the Youth Award was newly named Nationwide Stem Champion Treyonna Sullivan.
“It was very gratifying to be honored as the primary Dominican (Republic) girl to function president of a CUNY Faculty throughout Girls’s Historical past Month, as these recognitions serve to remind us not solely of how far we’ve got come, but in addition how far we’ve got but to go to lastly reaching full equality with males.” Dr. De Filippis instructed Caribbean Life afterwards.
“The wrestle for equality continues to be fought by girls each day, throughout each socio-economic stage; and, for ladies of colour, the wrestle is even tougher,” she added.
“So, the truth that I used to be honored by our esteemed Vanessa Gibson, the primary African-American, and the primary girl to function the Bronx Borough President, makes the popularity all of the extra significant, because it comes from somebody who understands intrinsically the challenges {that a} girl of colour faces when getting into the corridors of energy in our society,” De Filippis continued.
