TSONY 2025 Visionary Luncheon | Embrace, Empower & Embody

📅 Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025

📍 Location: Crowne Plaza, Suffern, NY

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Tender Steps of New York, Inc. (TSONY) warmly invites you to our 11th Annual Visionary Luncheon—a day to honor community leaders, uplift the next generation, and celebrate a shared vision of empowerment.

This year’s theme, "Embrace, Empower, & Embody," captures the spirit of our mission: to create lasting change by addressing inequities in education, language access, and citizenship status. TSONY, Inc. is proud to provide high-quality bilingual social services, academic support, and wellness programming throughout Rockland County and New York City.

🌟 Honoring Our 2025 Visionaries

We are proud to recognize the outstanding individuals who continue to inspire and uplift our communities:

2025 Legendary Honorees

• Honorable Vanessa Gibson – Bronx Borough President

• Rothly Laguerre

• Teddy Maldonado

• Jeannette Rosa-Sanchez

• Sara Trowers

• Sabrina Vargas-Greco

  
  

Acknowledgment of Embracing the Community's Needs

• Marc Rossman

• Shirley Mangan

  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  

🎓 Celebrating Our 2025 Scholarship Recipients

Your support also helps us invest in the bright futures of local students:

• Jayden Kong – Ramapo High School

• Destiny Louis-Jean – Spring Valley High School

• Zamir Flores – NYC Bronx High School of Science (X413)

  
  

🎤 Meet Our Keynote Speaker

We are honored to welcome Willie Trotman, President of the NAACP Spring Valley Chapter, as this year’s keynote speaker. His steadfast leadership and dedication to equity and justice set the tone for our celebration.

💬 Help Us Prepare for You

To help us accommodate our guests in the best way possible, please complete our short survey before purchasing your ticket:👉 Fill out the guest survey here

This luncheon is more than a celebration—it's a movement. Every ticket purchased supports TSONY, Inc.’s continued mission to build stronger, healthier communities through compassion, education, and service.

We can’t wait to see you there. Let’s come together to embrace our shared values, empower our youth, and embody the change we wish to see.

About TSONY, Inc.Tender Steps of New York, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to serving communities through bilingual social services, educational programming, and wellness support. We work directly with schools, shelters, and families to create equitable access to opportunity and healing.

Executive Board

• Evelyn Bautista-Miller, LMSW, SDA – Founder & President

• Sandra Ortiz, MD – Vice President

• Rachel Schlegel – Secretary

• Steven Edwards – Treasurer

• Socorro Diaz

• Ronda Mercado

• John O'Neill

• Alex Santiago

• Dr. Ritza Santiago

  
  

Consultant: Evenide Fanfan-Vilcean