NEW YORK CITY

The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. The Greatest City in the World. New York City has served as a home to my family for over 100 years. It welcomed my great grandparents and grandparents to this country, providing them with an opportunity of freedom and prosperity. Queens raised my father. The Bronx raised my mother. Brooklyn gave them a home to a successful business. Manhattan taught me culture. And Staten Island… gave us all the Wu Tang Clan? I was fortunate to spend my twenties living in various parts of New York City. Part of which included the COVID-19 Pandemic. While the pandemic shook New York up, it never broke its spirit or people. New York City is a place I hold very dear to my heart.