Staten Island

Carolina Mendez (seated, center) and her children work on an art project with the help of instructor Melanie Sepulveda, a teacher at IS 27.

Listening to a presentation titled Steering Your Students Toward Success is Fidelfa Zosasas and her daughter.

Chatting between workshops are (from left) Analia Gerard, the UFT Staten Island borough representative; Marie Rodriguez, the UFT parent and community liaison for Staten Island, who spearheaded the conference planning; Toni Bennett, the parent coordinator at IS 2; and Nicholas Cruz, the UFT director of community and parent engagement.

Steering Your Students Toward Success workshop facilitator Patrice Buffalo (standing, left) listens to a parent’s question.

Julia Luppino (left), who presented on behalf of Parent to Parent of New York State about state resources for people with developmental disabilities, speaks with Lucia Curatolo-Boylan, a PS 9 parent.

Vincenza Gallissio, the District 31 superintendent, introduces a panel in the auditorium.

Claudia Galindo, a PS 20 parent, listens to a panel while her child naps.

Speakers from My Sister’s Keeper, an organization dedicated to closing opportunity gaps for students, address the group.

Nicholas Cruz, the UFT director of community and parent engagement, was among the many conference attendees who got a flu shot on site.