Sojourner Truth Awards are a call to excellence
MIDDLETOWN — For the past twenty-six years, Orange County Community College has honored Sojourner Truth by holding an awards ceremony in her name.
The Sojourner Truth Awards Program hails students from grades 6 through 12 who have excelled in areas such as athletics, citizenship, creative arts, diversity, English language arts, foreign languages, perseverance/effort and sciences and technology. The program aims to promote education in a positive manner and motivate students who are from groups that are traditionally under-represented in the college population to consider college as a viable and attainable goal.
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, N.Y., but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian magazine's list of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time."
Local reward recipients are as follows:
Brandon Angeles Galindo (Chester Academy Middle School), citizenship
Charlyn Borgen (Chester Academy High School), perseverance/effort
Tayla Bristol (Chester Academy Middle School), perseverance/effort
Jimmy Cedeno Franco (Chester Academy High School), perseverance/effort
Christian Munoz (Chester Academy High School), perseverance/effort
Kayla Myers (Chester Academy High School), perseverance/effort
Sterling Sanders (Chester Academy High School), perseverance/effort
Tariq Thomas (Chester Academy High School), citizenship
Kia Ward (Chester Academy High School), perseverance/effort
Lauren Bullock (S.S. Seward Institute), technology
Natasha Duran (S.S. Seward Institute), mathematics
Destiny Durante (S.S. Seward Institute), sciences
Diana Genao (S.S. Seward Institute), citizenship
Sophia Goff (S.S. Seward Institute), English language arts
John Guerra (S.S. Seward Institute), mathematics
Stephanie Hernandez (S.S. Seward Institute), foreign languages
Tyzhana Hicks (S.S. Seward Institute), English language arts
Josely Medina (S.S. Seward Institute), English language arts
Berenice Moya (S.S. Seward Institute), foreign languages
Chance Ortiz-Sorrenti (S.S. Seward Institute), mathematics
Casedy Perez (S.S. Seward Institute), foreign languages
Natalie Reyes (S.S. Seward Institute), sciences
Angela Squillace (S.S. Seward Institute), English language arts
Bryce Thompson (S.S. Seward Institute), perseverance/effort
Caitlin Alicea (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Perla Almanzar (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Vanessa Ayala (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Jehan Beg (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Brooke Castleman (C.J. Hooker Middle School), creative arts
Erika Chatergoon (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Udaypaul (Paul) Chilana (Goshen High School), foreign languages
Kenneth Coote-Golston (Goshen High School), creative arts
Ana Cortez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Melissa Cortez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Areli Cruz (C.J. Hooker Middle School), foreign languages
Tyler DePoo (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Antonio Diaz (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Diana Estrada Reyes (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Andrew Exume (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Arun Foster (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Kapil Foster (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Alayna Fuller (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Frances Ignacio (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Nahal Jangda (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Alexus Jean Francois (Goshen High School), creative arts
Mendel Jeanty (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Jenil Kanabar (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Jade Kimmel (C.J. Hooker Middle School), foreign languages
Joseph Kresse (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Manuel Lara (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Ada Lara (Goshen High School), mathematics
Rachel Li (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Elijah Lopez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Miriam Luna (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Raquel Martinez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Julia Morino (C.J. Hooker Middle School), foreign languages
Lisa Nardone (C.J. Hooker Middle School), English language arts
William Ortiz (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Kevin Palma (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Ysabela Paneto (C.J. Hooker Middle School), English language arts
Eric Paoli (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Rosemary Perez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Cameron Perez (Goshen High School), perseverance/effort
Jannet Perez Gallardo (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Gisselle Ramirez (Goshen High School), perseverance/effort
Mya Rattray (Goshen High School), mathematics
James Rodriguez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Zemedkun Rodriguez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), diversity
Denisse Romero (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Brianna Sanchez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), creative arts
Angelique Santiago (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Rachel Seo (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Annie Shih (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Jamal Smith (Goshen High School), perseverance/effort
Maximus Suarez (Goshen High School), sciences
Shania Toban (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Shannon Toohey (C.J. Hooker Middle School), English language arts
Gorge Torres (C.J. Hooker Middle School), sciences
Melanie Vazquez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), perseverance/effort
Natalia Vazquez (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Camryn Walsh (C.J. Hooker Middle School), mathematics
Lauren Wedderburn (Goshen High School), perseverance/effort
Raven Wilkins (Goshen High School), citizenship
Hannah Yeddu (C.J. Hooker Middle School), creative arts
Madison Youngman (C.J. Hooker Middle School), citizenship
Jehan Zeb-Beg (C.J. Hooker Middle School), creative arts
Herlan Alvarado Amaya (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Alessandro Alvarado-Argucia (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), citizenship
Anthony Amoroso (Monroe-Woodbury High School), athletics
George Arenas (Monroe-Woodbury High School), creative arts
Erica Bachiller (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Miguel Bencosme (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Daneyda Bermeo (Monroe-Woodbury High School), perseverance/effort
Katherine Carranza (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), mathematics
Endy Castillo (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Yocelyn Castillo-Basurto (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Erica Chen (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), English language arts
Zully DeArmas (Monroe-Woodbury High School), citizenship
Mia Diaz (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Sherif El Raheb (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Kayla Felix (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), English language arts
Noah Francois (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Tiana Gonzalez (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Imanol Hernandez (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), mathematics
Boston Holmes (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Mazharia Iqbal-Granela (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), citizenship
Alejandro Jimenez (Monroe-Woodbury High School), creative arts
Calvin Jiminian (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Alexis Jones (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Alyssa Kamara (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), diversity
Dah Konate (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Litzy Leon (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), mathematics
Edwin Lopez (Monroe-Woodbury High School), creative arts
Wendy Lucero (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Shonnon Marshall (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Mariah Martinez (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Matthew Martinez (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Anthony Melo (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), creative arts
Chiamaka Ofonagoro (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Daniella Padilla (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Jeylin Panton (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Aaron Paul (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), citizenship
Christopher Remache-Bermeo (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Noah Rivera (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Geraldine Romero Martinez (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Analise Sanchez (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Skye Smith (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Alexa Speranza (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), perseverance/effort
Pedro Toxqui Lopez (Monroe-Woodbury High School), perseverance/effort
Uzoamaka Ukekwe (Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), mathematics
Allison Vasquez (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Cameron Whitton (Monroe-Woodbury High School), English language arts
Sabriyya Wilson (Monroe-Woodbury High School), athletics
Siah Woods (Monroe-Woodbury High School), perseverance/effort
Alejandro Zamudio-Guerrero (Monroe-Woodbury High School), perseverance/effort
Joshua Decker (Orange-Ulster BOCES), perseverance/effort
Ashley DeSilva (Orange-Ulster BOCES), citizenship
Camerin Figueroa (Orange-Ulster BOCES), technology
Christopher Manning (Orange-Ulster BOCES), citizenship
Hasaan McAleavey (Orange-Ulster BOCES), mathematics
Anastasia Merdini (Orange-Ulster BOCES), creative arts
Mariah Rivera (Orange-Ulster BOCES), citizenship
James West (Orange-Ulster BOCES), perseverance/effort
Emma Andoh (Warwick Valley High School), diversity
Marquis Aquino (Warwick Valley High School), citizenship
Tyrek Bradford (Warwick Valley Middle School), perseverance/effort
Vince Britton (Warwick Valley High School), athletics
Daipaul Brown (Warwick Valley High School), citizenship
Amelia Brown (Warwick Valley Middle School), creative arts
Molly Byrne (Warwick Valley High School), athletics
Ikoni Chiabi (Warwick Valley High School), citizenship
Petra Chiabi (Warwick Valley High School), diversity
Samantha Delgado (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Deirdre Dunkin (Warwick Valley High School), English language arts
Jacqueline Dutan-Cabrera (Warwick Valley High School), diversity
Kirk Kitson (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Jack Lillian (Warwick Valley High School), athletics
Christine McSweeney (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Jason Nafash (Warwick Valley High School), athletics
Thomas Nafash (Warwick Valley High School), athletics
Hadriel Nunez (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Octavio Olivar-Vargas (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Eric Paez (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Ayanna Pagan (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Dominique Perkins (Warwick Valley High School), creative arts
Jennie Prial (Warwick Valley High School), athletics
Natasha Pujols (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Brian Ramirez (Warwick Valley High School), perseverance/effort
Destiny Reyes (Warwick Valley Middle School), perseverance/effort
Gabriella Rusek (Warwick Valley Middle School), athletics
Olivia Sicherman (Warwick Valley High School), creative arts
Clayton Thompson (Warwick Valley High School), citizenship
George Walters (Warwick Valley High School), sciences
Wen Long Yang (Warwick Valley High School), citizenship