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Outstanding Paraprofessional Award Winners — 2023

Velma Hill Award
Shelvy Young-Abrams —  Retired UFT Paraprofessionals Chapter Chair 

Shelvy Young-Abrams Award
Reginald Colvin — Retired first vice president of the UFT Paraprofessionals Chapter

Maria Portalatin Award
Evelyn DeJesus — AFT Executive Vice President

Bronx
Mary Moran —East Bronx Academy for the Future
Ruth Prentice-Watson — P.S. 160 The Walt Disney Magnet STEAM School

Brooklyn
Maria Dileo - P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller
Joy Tonge - I.S. 392 School for the Gifted and Talented

Manhattan
Jessica Huggins — P.S. 185 The Locke School of Arts and Engineering 
Synya Polite — A. Philip Randolph High School

Queens
Elsie Narvaez-Alvarado — P.S. 069 The Jackson Heights School
Gladys Heck — I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside

Staten Island
Vincent Martinelli —  I.S. 007 Elias Bernstein 
James Riley —  R460 Susan E. Wagner High School

District 75
Katia Quiroz —  P.S. Q004
Nurun Naher —  P.S. 233Q

High Schools
Tracy Abbate —  R460 Susan E. Wagner High School
Gerriane DiFrancesca — R460 Susan E. Wagner High School

Humanitarian Award
Marlon Lett — M.S. 128 Mott Hall III