Outstanding Latinas To Receive Honors From el Diario / La Prensa In NYC.

el diario / LA PRENSA will host its sixth annual
“Outstanding Latinas Celebration Luncheon” on Wednesday, March 21st at The Plaza Hotel, New York City. The event will feature a reading by internationally renowned Cuban writer Mayra Montero, award – winning author of “The Last Night that I Spent with You,” and “Que felices son las Barbies,” a solo performance by actress Wanda Arriaga. Rossana Rosado,
Publisher & CEO of el diario / LA PRENSA will deliver the opening remarks.

The Latina women to be honored are representatives of a wide variety of expertise and interests such as law, medicine, entertainment, business, education and the arts.

“Throughout this past six years we have recognized the talent and the contributions of about 300 Latinas, and I know that there are hundreds more out there who are doing extraordinary things,” said Rossana Rosado. “I am proud that el diario has become a forum for this women to be heard, recognized and used as models for our young people.”

Among the honorees are Marta Casals Istomin, President of The Manhattan School of Music; Johanna Guerra, New Producer at Channel 47; Rosa Manzano, Dancer in Broadway’s RIVERDANCE, Hon. Lilia Munoz, Union City Municipal Court Judge; Daphne Rubin-Vega, Actress in RENT; Connie Fernandez , Assistant District Attorney for New York County; Sofia LaChapel, Anchor
Woman, WXTV Channel 41; and Dulce Reyes-Bonilla, Community Action Director, The New York Immigration Coalition. On Sunday, March 25 a commemorative supplement that includes biographical summaries and photos of the honorees will be included in a special edition of el diario / LA PRENSA.

1. Val Portela
2. Patricia Pedraza
3. Aminta Morel
4. Gabriela Garcia
5. Mercedes Cano
6. Virginia Sanchez Korrol
7. Martha Varela
8. Dulce Reyes
9. Ana Araiz
10. Juana Ponce de Leon
11. Mildred Colon
12. Connie Fernandez
13. Nelly Maceda MD
14. Rosario Santos
15. Daphne Rubin Vega
16. Gardenia Diaz
17. Esperanza Chacon
18. Marta Bautis
19. Zoila Jurado
20. Rosita Olivan
21. Amy Velez
22. Carol Robles Roman
23. Adelita Medina
24. Johanna Guerra
25. Prof. Gioconda Marun
26. Hon. Lilia Munoz
27. Rose Rodriguez
28. Mercedes Crespo
29. Elvira Dominguez
30. Gladys de Jesus
31. Maria Dominguez
32. Sofia La Chapel
33. Maria Llano
34. Aliza Pilar Sherman
35. Francis Torres Rios
36. Gladys Pena Acosta
37. Nayibe Nunez Berger
38. Ruth Sanchez Laviera
39. Jackeline Jimenez Polanco
40. Rosa Manzano Jimenez
41. Lourdes Vazquez
42. Rosa Maria Leon
43. Maria Roman
44. Wilma Montanez
45. Sofia Alayon
46. Maria Eugenia Canizales
47. Marta Casals Istomin
48. Amalia Pena
49. Carmen Redondo de Ham
50. Maritza Martinez
51. Esmeralda Santiago