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Christina Ayala

By Adela Dalto / September 14, 2022 / Comments Off on Christina Ayala

La Chef Christina Ayala is from New Jersey and grew up with her brother an aeronautical engineer, speaking English and eating their father’s heritage foods of Puerto Rico.  Ayala credits her mixed Filipino mother as an amazing cook from whom she learned and who inspired her to go into the business of cooking. She earned…

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Ramonita Rivera, Civic Leader

By Adela Dalto / October 1, 2021 / Comments Off on Ramonita Rivera, Civic Leader

Mrs. Rivera was a passionate civic leader helping to organize several organizations in her community. Her steadfast dedication brought much needed services to an area that was impoverished and underserved in the Northeast area of Philadelphia mainly made up of a mixed population of Latinos and Afro Americans. Ramonita, as her community lovingly addressed her,…

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