Nassau County Legislator Laura Schaefer recently co-hosted the first Meet and Greet breakfast at the Legislature for the Long Island Hispanic Pastors Association (LIHPA). The breakfast was an invitation to personally introduce the legislators with the Hispanic clergy leaders and advocates that surround our communities in Nassau County.
Shown in photograph from left to right: Nassau County Community Liaison Relations Vanessa Diaz, Caleb Kim (member of LIHPA) Leonardo Valdivia (member of LIHPA), Miguel Arias (New Life Communications M.A, Inc), Wendy Pichardo (Pastor), Julio Pichardo (Pastor), Hugo G. Barragan (Freeport Bible Center), Legislator Francis Becker, Legislator Denise Ford, Legislator Richard Nicolello, Derek Garcia (Pastor), Martir Benavides (Pastor), Pastor Luis Ayala, Angel Cepeda (Entrepreneur), Legislator Vincent Muscarella, Carlos Marroquin
(Pastor), Legislator James Kennedy, Legislator Donald MacKenzie, Osman Penalba (Pastor), Sandra Escobar (Entrepreneur) , Debora Arias (LIHPA secretary) , Marina Vinberg (The Christian Voice newspaper), Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves, Legislator Laura Schaefer, Legislator Rose Walker, and Iris Marroquin (Pastor).