Stephanie
Name: Stephanie Velasquez
Occupation: Student at John Jay College
Age: 19 years old
Place of Birth: Morris County, New Jersey
Stephanie Velasquez is a full-time college student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, currently majoring in Forensic Psychology. While she is fascinated with the criminal justice system and getting into the minds of criminals, she is also deeply passionate about human rights issues, like modern-day slavery and human trafficking. Two of her biggest attributes is her willingness to help people and her ability to speak her mind. Two qualities which make her very much memorable and different.
Contact:
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Occupation: Student at John Jay College
Age: 19 years old
Place of Birth: Morris County, New Jersey
Stephanie Velasquez is a full-time college student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, currently majoring in Forensic Psychology. While she is fascinated with the criminal justice system and getting into the minds of criminals, she is also deeply passionate about human rights issues, like modern-day slavery and human trafficking. Two of her biggest attributes is her willingness to help people and her ability to speak her mind. Two qualities which make her very much memorable and different.
Contact:
[email protected]
Nicole
Name: Nicole Vitrit
Occupation: Student at John Jay College
Cafe server at Barnes & Noble
Age: 18 years old
Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York
Nicole Vitrit, a full-time college student and working part-time at Barnes & Noble, is majoring in Security management. Growing up in a small town in Westchester County than going to a criminal justice college in New York City is a big change. Being the first in her family to go to college she's highly motivated to do well throughout her college career. Her personal hobbies include reading, which is what she spends the majority of her time doing, drawing and swimming (she'd join the John Jay College swim team if she had enough time).
Contact:
[email protected]
or visit:
https://johnjay.digication.com/nicole_vitrit/About_Me1/
Occupation: Student at John Jay College
Cafe server at Barnes & Noble
Age: 18 years old
Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York
Nicole Vitrit, a full-time college student and working part-time at Barnes & Noble, is majoring in Security management. Growing up in a small town in Westchester County than going to a criminal justice college in New York City is a big change. Being the first in her family to go to college she's highly motivated to do well throughout her college career. Her personal hobbies include reading, which is what she spends the majority of her time doing, drawing and swimming (she'd join the John Jay College swim team if she had enough time).
Contact:
[email protected]
or visit:
https://johnjay.digication.com/nicole_vitrit/About_Me1/
Yodalin
Name: Yodalin Peralta
Occuptation: Current student at John Jay College
Age: 19 years old
Place of Birth: Dominican Republic
Yodalin Peralta is a Journalist Poetic Writer. She migrated from the Dominican Republic to the United States in 2004, when she was only 9 years old. Two years after she joined a poetry slam club, which introduce her to Open Mic, Spoken words and public speaking every Friday. Her dedication and passion towards world issues and individuals suffering marked her long line of hard work and equal justice for everyone writings. In 2010, she joined the New York Youth Leadership Council in order to advocate the DREAM ACT, and to inform senators about the current situation that thousands of immigrant students were suffering. Then, in 2012 she decided to focus more on her writing skills and joined Girls Write Now. This organization provided her the amazing opportunity to work with a mentor and developed more her abilities, awakening her passion for expressing her ideas through her writings. Since then, she has been involved in many non-profit organizations helping the Hispanic community among others and defending their rights. This amazing young girl has published many of her writings in hope that one day she will make a difference in this world.
You can reach her at,
[email protected]
or visit
https://johnjay.digication.com/yodalinperalta
http://www.girlswritenow.org
http://figment.com
Occuptation: Current student at John Jay College
Age: 19 years old
Place of Birth: Dominican Republic
Yodalin Peralta is a Journalist Poetic Writer. She migrated from the Dominican Republic to the United States in 2004, when she was only 9 years old. Two years after she joined a poetry slam club, which introduce her to Open Mic, Spoken words and public speaking every Friday. Her dedication and passion towards world issues and individuals suffering marked her long line of hard work and equal justice for everyone writings. In 2010, she joined the New York Youth Leadership Council in order to advocate the DREAM ACT, and to inform senators about the current situation that thousands of immigrant students were suffering. Then, in 2012 she decided to focus more on her writing skills and joined Girls Write Now. This organization provided her the amazing opportunity to work with a mentor and developed more her abilities, awakening her passion for expressing her ideas through her writings. Since then, she has been involved in many non-profit organizations helping the Hispanic community among others and defending their rights. This amazing young girl has published many of her writings in hope that one day she will make a difference in this world.
You can reach her at,
[email protected]
or visit
https://johnjay.digication.com/yodalinperalta
http://www.girlswritenow.org
http://figment.com
Chantae
Name: Chantae Edwards
Occupation: Student At John Jay College (Freshmen)
Age: 18 years old
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Growing up the child of Caribbean immigrants Chantae gained a large amount of knowledge about the world outside of New York City from her parents. She lived the world was not only a diverse place but place of unequal opportunity. In high school she spent much of her time participating in many community service and out reach programs to help make a different in the global community in which likes to call "Mother Earth". As a college student Chantae has high hopes on changing the world and bettering the community in which she grew up in as well as the entire global Community. After all it only take one person with big dreams, a big heart and lots of hope to help heal a hurting humanity.
Contact:
[email protected]
Occupation: Student At John Jay College (Freshmen)
Age: 18 years old
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Growing up the child of Caribbean immigrants Chantae gained a large amount of knowledge about the world outside of New York City from her parents. She lived the world was not only a diverse place but place of unequal opportunity. In high school she spent much of her time participating in many community service and out reach programs to help make a different in the global community in which likes to call "Mother Earth". As a college student Chantae has high hopes on changing the world and bettering the community in which she grew up in as well as the entire global Community. After all it only take one person with big dreams, a big heart and lots of hope to help heal a hurting humanity.
Contact:
[email protected]
Sinjin
Name: Sinjin Ⓐndrew Sison
Occupation:Student At John Jay College (Freshman)
Cold Cutter
Bartender
Age: 19
Place of Birth: Mineola, NY
Hometown: Astoria, NY
Coming in last place is Sinjin Andrew Sison. Sinjin is a full time student at John Jay College whom majors in Forensic Psychology and also a full-time cold cutter and part-time bartender in Queens. In his adolescent years, he moved 17 times throughout Queens and Long Island; this gave him the ability to understand a diverse group of people and make new friends with ease. After his near death experience at the age of 16, Sinjin has learned to appreciate life and everything around him. This experience gave him the passion and drive which pushes him to accomplish all his goals and liberate most of his peers through anarchism. He hopes to one day make everyones' life "free and beautiful."
Occupation:Student At John Jay College (Freshman)
Cold Cutter
Bartender
Age: 19
Place of Birth: Mineola, NY
Hometown: Astoria, NY
Coming in last place is Sinjin Andrew Sison. Sinjin is a full time student at John Jay College whom majors in Forensic Psychology and also a full-time cold cutter and part-time bartender in Queens. In his adolescent years, he moved 17 times throughout Queens and Long Island; this gave him the ability to understand a diverse group of people and make new friends with ease. After his near death experience at the age of 16, Sinjin has learned to appreciate life and everything around him. This experience gave him the passion and drive which pushes him to accomplish all his goals and liberate most of his peers through anarchism. He hopes to one day make everyones' life "free and beautiful."