Erin McLoughlin dedicated 30 years of giving back to the community and making an impact on others' lives for the better.

Gina Silverstein began her teaching career at PS 153 in Maspeth, Queens, at the age of 19. She taught there for over 40 years before retiring.

Doris Iskaros began her teaching career over 30 years ago at a school in East New York, Brooklyn.

Gloria Eady’s 83 years on this earth took her from Pineville, South Carolina to Queens, New York.

Beth Segal Sussman was a UFT member for 45 years and most recently taught at PS 196 in Queens.

Ruth Miller began teaching in the early 1940s and taught kindergarten at PS 79 in Whitestone, Queens, from the beginning of the 1950s until her retirement in 1987.

Edith Packer-Greenberg taught 6th grade and gifted children at PS 42 in Arverne, Queens for many years.

Dr. Felix Carlos Bonilla was a teacher at Newtown HS in Queens for more than 30 years before his retirement in 2010.

Irene Ruth Hammer Goldstein taught at PS 115 in Queens and was a UFT chapter leader.

Barbara Kubota was an ESL teacher at PS 90 and Queens Vocational HS in Queens.