The ASPIRA Association is very pleased that former New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez joins AARP as Executive Vice President for Multicultural Markets and Engagement. "We congratulate AARP for having the vision to create this new position that will focus on the growing and influential multicultural 50+ population," said Ronald Blackburn-Moreno, President and CEO of the ASPIRA Association.

"We are proud Secretary Cortés-Vázquez will be taking the helm in this new endeavor. She brings an abundance of experience to the position, and we wish her the best."

Secretary Cortés-Vázquez was the first Hispanic to hold the position of New York Secretary of State. She is currently a NALEO board memberConfirmed on March 6, 2007, Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez an ASPIRAnte from the Bronx, New York, served as New York States 65th Secretary of State. The Office of Secretary of State, established in 1778, is the third oldest office in New York State. 

Angelo Falcón, ASPIRAnte from New York,  was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 23, 1951, the only son of Dominga "Minga" Cordero and Angel Manuel "Mel" Falcón. He has lived in New York City since the age of six months and grew up in the Los Sures (Southside) section of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where he currently lives.

ASPIRA of New York’s Annual Citywide Youth Conference (CYC)