Meet the New NMASS Board Elected by Our Dues Paying Membership

The NMASS Board:

NMASS is a membership organization of working people finding our common ground in the struggle to establish control over our health, time, work, communities and lives. Every two years dues-paying members elect a Board of Directors made up of leaders from among our ranks that will help make major directional decisions for the organization.

Amelia Aviles has been a Lower East Side (LES) resident for many decades. She is originally from Puerto Rico. She is part of the Health Committee, the Caregivers' Committee and the NMASS representative for the Coalition to Protect LES and Chinatown.

Pilar Alvarado is from Colombia. She was a clean up worker on the Ground Zero area and became sick due to the toxic dust. She is organizing other clean up workers as part of the 9-11 Health Campaign.

John Antush was born in New York City and lives in Brooklyn. He is a teacher and is part of the Anti-Displacement Campaign and the Cultural Activities Committee.

Lyell Davies was born in Dublin, Ireland and emigrated to the US due to the lack of work in his country.
He worked as a carpenter and in community media projects. He is part of the Video Project and the
Fundraising Committee.

Lea Geronimo was born in the US and currently lives in Queens after having spent many years on the Lower East Side. Her family is from the Philippines. She is an office worker near Ground Zero and became ill after 9-11. She organizes with downtown workers affected by the toxic air and is part of the 9-11 Women’s Health Group.

Yolanda Hernandez is a mother and grandmother from Puerto Rico. She lives in the Lower East Side and has organized in her community around 9-11 health problems. She is part of the Anti-Displacement Campaign and the Caregivers' Committee.

Hoon Kim was born in Korea and raised in Argentina. He is a Spanish instructor in New Jersey. He works with the Cultural Activities Committee.

Adolfo Lopez is from Guerrero, Mexico and lives in Upper Manhattan. He successfully organized with his fellow delivery workers at Flor De Mayo restaurant and is a part of our Service Workers Committee.

Maria Marca is from Ecuador. She worked in East Buffet Restaurant where she was exploited and mistreated and is now organizing with other workers. She is part of our service workers’ committee.

Similiano Martinez is from Mexico. He is a construction worker and is organizing other workers around prevailing wage. He is part of the Service Workers' Committee.

Jennifer Wager is Irish American and lives in Newark, New Jersey. She is a community media organizer. She works with the White-Collar Workers Committee, the NMASS Video Project and the Fundraising Committee.

Doreen Wang is Taiwanese American, lives in Elmhurst, Queens and grew up in New Jersey. She is an office worker in Chinatown who is concerned about her health after 9/11 and is part of the White-Collar Workers Committee and the Anti-Displacement Campaign.