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KIMBERLEY ENNIS
Associate Director of Nursing at Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai Hospital
What is your anticipated legacy?
I want my legacy to be seen through the lives I have positively impacted personally and professionally. The legacy will be my impact carrying on to many generations.
What’s your favorite inspirational quote?
“It’s not what happens to you, it’s how you react to it that matters,” Epicticus.
It speaks to tenacity and resilience and that’s how a successful person makes an impact.
What’s your favorite TV program?
I enjoy watching “Amazing Race.” Because I love to travel, watching
the various teams travel around the world and compete in various cultural challenges is thrilling.
CHRISTIAN ESPINOZA
President / CEO
WOW! Building Maintenance Solutions Inc.
CARYN FRIEDMAN
Teacher (Middle School)
White Plains City School District
If you won $20 million in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Donate a sizable portion of it to public schools. They are widely underfunded across the country. Teachers do a lot with very little
and all kids deserve a high-quality education.
What was the best business or personal advice ever offered to you? Bring the joy into the classroom daily. If you are excited, the students will be excited. I try to bring that energy into everything that I do in and out of the classroom.
What do you enjoy most about your chosen profession/industry?
The students. They continually teach me so much. The hardest thing about distance learning in the Covid era is not being able to see the kids daily.
JOSHUA GACCIONE
Director of Student Support Services
Westchester Community College
What is the last book you have read?
I read approximately 50 books a year, give or take. The last book I read is “How to Be an Anti-Racist” by Ibram X. Kendi. I encourage everyone to
be enlightened by this book. It is the right book for right now – especially if it does not immediately appeal to you.
What is your most cherished hobby?
I love fatherhood. I like sharing my interests with my son and learning his as he discovers them. It is an incredible journey. I just really love being a dad.
What is your definition of success?
Success, to me, is seeing just how many people I can bring up with me and then offering a hand-up to one more.
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