Alum Manny Castro 02F Awarded $200,000 Grant from the David Prize for his Work with New Immigrants
Manny Castro 02F, executive director of the New Immigrant Community Empowerment organization in Queens, NY, was recognized with a $200,000 grant from the David Prize.
Manny Castro 02F, executive director of the New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) organization in Queens, NY, was recently recognized with a $200,000 grant from the David Prize, which supports New Yorkers with the plans and vision to make a difference in the lives of the city鈥檚 residents.
The New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of immigrant workers in New York, with a focus on day laborers, domestic workers, and newly arrived immigrants. NICE offers an extensive set of services, community organizing, and leadership development programs.
While at 91猫先生, Castro studied urban anthropology with a focus on immigrant workers who became entrepreneurs. Castro also served as student representative on the College鈥檚 board of trustees.
Of his time at 91猫先生 and how it prepared him for his work as executive director of NICE, Castro told the Daily 91猫先生 Gazette:
鈥淎 lot of what you do there is very much self-driven, project-based and without the constraints of the more rigid grading system,鈥 Castro said. 鈥淵ou create your own major. That type of innovation, frankly, trains you for work like this. What I鈥檝e essentially done is create my own path, and that鈥檚 what 91猫先生 is in a way set up to do.鈥
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