CTE Awards 2023
A standing room-only crowd packed Shanker Hall on Feb. 3 as 450 educators, community partners and family members gathered at UFT headquarters to celebrate career and technical education in New York City public schools. The annual event’s theme was "Rebirth and New Beginnings."
Alice O’Neil (left), the UFT’s Manhattan high schools representative, and Gordon (right) give Manhattan honorees their UFT CTE awards. Eight members received the awards.
Danielle Mayer (center), a teacher at New Dorp HS on Staten Island who received a UFT CTE award, enjoys the CTE 2023 Awards dinner with her mother and daughter.
Arlene Ramos (third from left), who teaches at the HS for Health Professions and Human Services in Manhattan, celebrates with family and colleagues after receiving one of the two Stanley Schair CTE Teacher and Work-Based Coordinator for Excellence and Innovation Awards.
UFT members connected with the Success Via Apprenticeship program cheer on SVA honorees.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, a former CTE teacher and a champion of CTE programs, addresses the crowd.
Damiano Mastrandrea (center), the CTE coordinator at the Brooklyn STEAM Center, shows off the UFT Special Recognition Award he received from Jade Grieves (right), chief of the city DOE’s Student Pathways, and Leo Gordon, the UFT vice president for CTE and event emcee. Mastrandrea also received a CompTIA award.
Torrance Hampton of G-Factor Films (left) and Gordon flank the five winners of CTE Industry and UFT CTE Educator awards from G-Factor, (from left) Scott Pagan, Bronx Design and Construction Academy; Dennis O’Connell, Ralph McKee CTE HS; Everett Kelley, George Westinghouse CTE HS; Praya Jafar, Thomas A. Edison CTE HS; and Andrew Bencsko III, Art and Design HS.
Award winner Fabiola Cadet Tropnas of the HS of World Cultures in the Bronx shares a quiet moment with her daughter.
Ferrin Bujan (right), a Brooklyn Community and Media HS teacher, accepts the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Award from Athena Moore (left), the foundation’s vice president of community engagement, and Melanie Mortimer, its president.
Aristides Lourdas (second from left), of the HS of Economics and Finance in Manhattan, and Lorena Izzo (second from right), of the Academy of Finance and Enterprise in Queens, receive National Academy Foundation awards from Don Applyrs (left), the foundation’s managing director, and Gordon.
UFT CTE award winners from Queens take a group photo with UFT Queens District Representative Washington Sanchez (left), and Gordon (right). Ten members from Queens received the awards.
Honorees from Brooklyn schools gather on the stage to accept their UFT CTE awards from Gordon (right). Nineteen Brooklyn educators received the award.
Gordon presents the UFT CTE Staten Island awards to three of the four winners from Staten Island: (from left) Sharon Keck of Port Richmond HS, Danielle Mayer of New Dorp HS, and Margaret Monte-Leon of Tottenville HS.
UFT CTE award recipients from the Bronx gather for a group photo with Daniel Rodriguez (left), the UFT’s Bronx high schools representative, and Gordon (right). Seven members from the Bronx received UFT awards.
Alice O’Neil (left), the UFT’s Manhattan high schools representative, and Gordon (right) give Manhattan honorees their UFT CTE awards. Eight members received the awards.
Danielle Mayer (center), a teacher at New Dorp HS on Staten Island who received a UFT CTE award, enjoys the CTE 2023 Awards dinner with her mother and daughter.
Arlene Ramos (third from left), who teaches at the HS for Health Professions and Human Services in Manhattan, celebrates with family and colleagues after receiving one of the two Stanley Schair CTE Teacher and Work-Based Coordinator for Excellence and Innovation Awards.
UFT members connected with the Success Via Apprenticeship program cheer on SVA honorees.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, a former CTE teacher and a champion of CTE programs, addresses the crowd.
Damiano Mastrandrea (center), the CTE coordinator at the Brooklyn STEAM Center, shows off the UFT Special Recognition Award he received from Jade Grieves (right), chief of the city DOE’s Student Pathways, and Leo Gordon, the UFT vice president for CTE and event emcee. Mastrandrea also received a CompTIA award.
Torrance Hampton of G-Factor Films (left) and Gordon flank the five winners of CTE Industry and UFT CTE Educator awards from G-Factor, (from left) Scott Pagan, Bronx Design and Construction Academy; Dennis O’Connell, Ralph McKee CTE HS; Everett Kelley, George Westinghouse CTE HS; Praya Jafar, Thomas A. Edison CTE HS; and Andrew Bencsko III, Art and Design HS.
Award winner Fabiola Cadet Tropnas of the HS of World Cultures in the Bronx shares a quiet moment with her daughter.
Ferrin Bujan (right), a Brooklyn Community and Media HS teacher, accepts the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Award from Athena Moore (left), the foundation’s vice president of community engagement, and Melanie Mortimer, its president.
Aristides Lourdas (second from left), of the HS of Economics and Finance in Manhattan, and Lorena Izzo (second from right), of the Academy of Finance and Enterprise in Queens, receive National Academy Foundation awards from Don Applyrs (left), the foundation’s managing director, and Gordon.
UFT CTE award winners from Queens take a group photo with UFT Queens District Representative Washington Sanchez (left), and Gordon (right). Ten members from Queens received the awards.
Honorees from Brooklyn schools gather on the stage to accept their UFT CTE awards from Gordon (right). Nineteen Brooklyn educators received the award.
Gordon presents the UFT CTE Staten Island awards to three of the four winners from Staten Island: (from left) Sharon Keck of Port Richmond HS, Danielle Mayer of New Dorp HS, and Margaret Monte-Leon of Tottenville HS.
UFT CTE award recipients from the Bronx gather for a group photo with Daniel Rodriguez (left), the UFT’s Bronx high schools representative, and Gordon (right). Seven members from the Bronx received UFT awards.
Alice O’Neil (left), the UFT’s Manhattan high schools representative, and Gordon (right) give Manhattan honorees their UFT CTE awards. Eight members received the awards.
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UFT CTE award winners from Queens take a group photo with UFT Queens District Representative Washington Sanchez (left), and Gordon (right). Ten members from Queens received the awards.
Honorees from Brooklyn schools gather on the stage to accept their UFT CTE awards from Gordon (right). Nineteen Brooklyn educators received the award.
Gordon presents the UFT CTE Staten Island awards to three of the four winners from Staten Island: (from left) Sharon Keck of Port Richmond HS, Danielle Mayer of New Dorp HS, and Margaret Monte-Leon of Tottenville HS.
UFT CTE award recipients from the Bronx gather for a group photo with Daniel Rodriguez (left), the UFT’s Bronx high schools representative, and Gordon (right). Seven members from the Bronx received UFT awards.
Alice O’Neil (left), the UFT’s Manhattan high schools representative, and Gordon (right) give Manhattan honorees their UFT CTE awards. Eight members received the awards.
Danielle Mayer (center), a teacher at New Dorp HS on Staten Island who received a UFT CTE award, enjoys the CTE 2023 Awards dinner with her mother and daughter.
Arlene Ramos (third from left), who teaches at the HS for Health Professions and Human Services in Manhattan, celebrates with family and colleagues after receiving one of the two Stanley Schair CTE Teacher and Work-Based Coordinator for Excellence and Innovation Awards.
UFT members connected with the Success Via Apprenticeship program cheer on SVA honorees.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, a former CTE teacher and a champion of CTE programs, addresses the crowd.
Damiano Mastrandrea (center), the CTE coordinator at the Brooklyn STEAM Center, shows off the UFT Special Recognition Award he received from Jade Grieves (right), chief of the city DOE’s Student Pathways, and Leo Gordon, the UFT vice president for CTE and event emcee. Mastrandrea also received a CompTIA award.
Torrance Hampton of G-Factor Films (left) and Gordon flank the five winners of CTE Industry and UFT CTE Educator awards from G-Factor, (from left) Scott Pagan, Bronx Design and Construction Academy; Dennis O’Connell, Ralph McKee CTE HS; Everett Kelley, George Westinghouse CTE HS; Praya Jafar, Thomas A. Edison CTE HS; and Andrew Bencsko III, Art and Design HS.
Award winner Fabiola Cadet Tropnas of the HS of World Cultures in the Bronx shares a quiet moment with her daughter.
Ferrin Bujan (right), a Brooklyn Community and Media HS teacher, accepts the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Award from Athena Moore (left), the foundation’s vice president of community engagement, and Melanie Mortimer, its president.
Aristides Lourdas (second from left), of the HS of Economics and Finance in Manhattan, and Lorena Izzo (second from right), of the Academy of Finance and Enterprise in Queens, receive National Academy Foundation awards from Don Applyrs (left), the foundation’s managing director, and Gordon.
UFT CTE award winners from Queens take a group photo with UFT Queens District Representative Washington Sanchez (left), and Gordon (right). Ten members from Queens received the awards.
Honorees from Brooklyn schools gather on the stage to accept their UFT CTE awards from Gordon (right). Nineteen Brooklyn educators received the award.
Gordon presents the UFT CTE Staten Island awards to three of the four winners from Staten Island: (from left) Sharon Keck of Port Richmond HS, Danielle Mayer of New Dorp HS, and Margaret Monte-Leon of Tottenville HS.
UFT CTE award recipients from the Bronx gather for a group photo with Daniel Rodriguez (left), the UFT’s Bronx high schools representative, and Gordon (right). Seven members from the Bronx received UFT awards.
Alice O’Neil (left), the UFT’s Manhattan high schools representative, and Gordon (right) give Manhattan honorees their UFT CTE awards. Eight members received the awards.
Danielle Mayer (center), a teacher at New Dorp HS on Staten Island who received a UFT CTE award, enjoys the CTE 2023 Awards dinner with her mother and daughter.
Arlene Ramos (third from left), who teaches at the HS for Health Professions and Human Services in Manhattan, celebrates with family and colleagues after receiving one of the two Stanley Schair CTE Teacher and Work-Based Coordinator for Excellence and Innovation Awards.
UFT members connected with the Success Via Apprenticeship program cheer on SVA honorees.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, a former CTE teacher and a champion of CTE programs, addresses the crowd.
Damiano Mastrandrea (center), the CTE coordinator at the Brooklyn STEAM Center, shows off the UFT Special Recognition Award he received from Jade Grieves (right), chief of the city DOE’s Student Pathways, and Leo Gordon, the UFT vice president for CTE and event emcee. Mastrandrea also received a CompTIA award.
Torrance Hampton of G-Factor Films (left) and Gordon flank the five winners of CTE Industry and UFT CTE Educator awards from G-Factor, (from left) Scott Pagan, Bronx Design and Construction Academy; Dennis O’Connell, Ralph McKee CTE HS; Everett Kelley, George Westinghouse CTE HS; Praya Jafar, Thomas A. Edison CTE HS; and Andrew Bencsko III, Art and Design HS.
Award winner Fabiola Cadet Tropnas of the HS of World Cultures in the Bronx shares a quiet moment with her daughter.
Ferrin Bujan (right), a Brooklyn Community and Media HS teacher, accepts the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation Award from Athena Moore (left), the foundation’s vice president of community engagement, and Melanie Mortimer, its president.
Aristides Lourdas (second from left), of the HS of Economics and Finance in Manhattan, and Lorena Izzo (second from right), of the Academy of Finance and Enterprise in Queens, receive National Academy Foundation awards from Don Applyrs (left), the foundation’s managing director, and Gordon.
UFT CTE award winners from Queens take a group photo with UFT Queens District Representative Washington Sanchez (left), and Gordon (right). Ten members from Queens received the awards.
Honorees from Brooklyn schools gather on the stage to accept their UFT CTE awards from Gordon (right). Nineteen Brooklyn educators received the award.
Gordon presents the UFT CTE Staten Island awards to three of the four winners from Staten Island: (from left) Sharon Keck of Port Richmond HS, Danielle Mayer of New Dorp HS, and Margaret Monte-Leon of Tottenville HS.
UFT CTE award recipients from the Bronx gather for a group photo with Daniel Rodriguez (left), the UFT’s Bronx high schools representative, and Gordon (right). Seven members from the Bronx received UFT awards.
Alice O’Neil (left), the UFT’s Manhattan high schools representative, and Gordon (right) give Manhattan honorees their UFT CTE awards. Eight members received the awards.
