PROGRAM
EVENT HOSTS
Welcome Juan Guillen, CEO DTM Group (TBD)
Invocation
Veronica Contreras
Father John Duffel
Dinner Presentation of Awards Jose Luis Rodriguez (Media) Lourdes Lopez (Diversity) Miguel Pozo (Legal) Ruben Diaz (Government) Laura Posada (Activism) Lutzi Vieluf (Business) Elizabeth Chalas Berman (Business) Randy Berman (Special Award) Maritza Puello (Journalism) Jenny Rivera (Education) Richard Gonzalez (Banking) Jose Pinero (Technology) Dr. Angela Diaz (Health) Willie Colon (Music)
Recognition of Scholarship Winners
Veronica Contreras is the weekday sports anchor for WNJU’s “Noticiero 47 at 6 and 11 p.m.” She also files a series of special reports for the station’s various newscasts. Contreras has won two ACE (Asociación de Cronistas de Entretenimiento) Awards, and has been honored by the Hispanic New York and Casa Puebla’s “Cinco de Mayo Festival” to name a few. She has also represented the station at the MS Bike Tour and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC Annual 5K Run/Walk. Recently, Contreras won an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Sports Coverage from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
April Lee Hernandez-Castillo Performers Lorenzo LaRoc Violinist Victor Cruz Comedian Mariposa and Oveous Maximus Spoken Word Artists Natalia Segura Singer Closing Remarks Juan Guillen
April Lee Hernandez-Castillo is a film and television actress, best known for her role in the 2007 drama Freedom Writers, in which she played Eva, based on real-life high school student Maria Reyes. Hernandez-Castillo studied nutrition in Hunter College, but was inspired to pursue a comedy career after seeing John Leguizamo’s offBroadway production, Mambo Mouth. Aside from performing stand-up comedy, she has also appeared in several commercials, as well as on the television series ER, Law & Order, Rescue Me, and 30 Rock.