May-28-2009 DCA Kicks Off 2009 Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program & Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute
DCA Kicks Off 2009 Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program & Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute |
TRENTON - The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) began its 2009 Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and the Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute today at an opening reception at NJN studios.
"Through this program, young people in the Hispanic Community are provided important experience and training," said DCA Commissioner Joseph Doria. "These skills will help them to develop into our future business, political, and community leaders."
The Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute is a ten-week summer program geared toward leadership and professional development. The program, begun in 1988, offers Hispanic college students the opportunity to work in a government, corporate or non-profit setting and participate in leadership training conducted by Rutgers University's Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership.
The Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute equips the interns participating in the Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program with skills essential to executive leadership. Interns learn to assess their own leadership styles and communication skills. Interns are required to complete an individual course project throughout the ten-week program. This year's class has 34 participants.
More information on the Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute can be obtained by calling 609-984-3223, or by going online at www.nj.gov/dca/chprd.
Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and
Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute
Class of 2009
Name of Intern |
Residence |
College/University |
Anthony Alicea |
Bayonne |
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
Milagro Alvarez-Ali |
North Bergen |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Katherine Avila |
Trenton |
The College of New Jersey |
Yanira Bello |
Teaneck |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Diana Blanco |
Edison |
Middlesex County College |
Noel Borges |
Jersey City |
St. Peter's College |
Irene Chacon |
Jersey City |
Hudson County Community College |
Carolina Chica |
West New York |
The College of New Jersey |
Lauren Cruz |
Bergenfield |
Seton Hall University |
Maria Estanislao |
Paterson |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Nitza Gallardo-Rodriguez |
Union |
Kean University |
Veronica Garay |
Newark |
Montclair State University |
Nallely Hiciano |
North Bergen |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Gabriela Lachapel |
Fair Lawn |
Lafayette College |
Isaac Lara |
Fair Lawn |
Columbia University |
Mirelle Mariano |
Passaic |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Sandra Nanita |
Fair Lawn |
Rutgers University - New Brunswick |
Lucia Quiles |
North Plainfield |
Raritan Valley Community College |
Neil Ramer |
Highland Park |
Indiana University |
Erika Ramirez |
North Plainfield |
Bloomfield College |
Ricardo Reyes |
Jersey City |
Hudson County Community College |
Luz Rios |
Ventnor City |
Rowan University |
Bryan Rivera |
Hamilton |
Penn State University |
Ismael Rivera |
Eastampton |
Rowan University |
Alexander Rodriguez |
Sayreville |
Rutgers University |
Emily Rodriguez |
Newark |
Essex County College |
Cindy Romero |
Jersey City |
St. Peter's College |
Nayeli Salazar |
Flanders |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
Roger Salazar |
Union |
Seton Hall University |
Sully Soto |
Trenton |
The College of New Jersey |
Stephanie Torres |
Bayonne |
The College of New Jersey |
Vanessa Trinidad |
Piscataway |
Barnard College of Columbia University |
Carolina Uribe |
Madison |
Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Stephanie Valladares |
West New York |
Rutgers University - Newark |
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