Month: May 2013

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Women Entrepreneurs “Pop Up” For a Night of Art and Fashion in Chelsea

More than 200 people climbed the vertiginous three flights of the trendy Norwood Club, to hoist a glass of champagne and celebrate the latest “one-night only,” The Art of Shopping  pop-up store.  On this night, five women entrepreneurs, all with complementary luxury products from vintage eye wear, handbags, women’s and men’s fashion to affordable art, enthusiastically greeted the steady stream of customers.  Continue reading “Women Entrepreneurs “Pop Up” For a Night of Art and Fashion in Chelsea”

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Cristo Rey High School Helps Low-Resourced Kids Find Their Place in The World

Abiezer Mendez, 23, takes a break from his full-time job as an analyst at JPMorgan Chase.  Sitting in a Brooklyn Bridge park on this sunny, yet chilly afternoon, he talks about how his high school, Cristo Rey in East Harlem, New York, transformed his life, and the lives of his triplet brother and sister.  Facing gang violence in the East Harlem projects where he and his family lived, his high school prepared him not only for college, but prepared him for an internship starting in ninth grade.  That discipline helped land Mendez  a full scholarship to Fordham University and a coveted position in one of world’s most successful banks.  He said Cristo Rey is not only a miracle but “a revolution.”

Abiezer Mendez, 2004 Cristo Rey Graduate. Analyst, JPMorgan Chase
Abiezer Mendez, 2004 Cristo Rey Graduate. Analyst, JPMorgan Chase