Amy is originally from Cali, Colombia. She studied nursing before migrating to the U.S. In her thirty years in NYC Amy has gone through very difficult moments but thanks to her brave spirit she is now working in her field (nursing) and she holds a good position at the NGO she works for.Amy is the co-founder of the Center for Immigrant Families in NYC. She was a member of the school board for seven years. She worked in the lower East Side taking over abandoned buildings and creating community gardens. She currently lives in the Lower East Side in a co-op building that she and her friends squatted in the eighties. Amy is an admirable woman and mother of a nineteen year old girl, no wonder she was recently named “Woman of the Year” by El Diario La Prensa in NYC.
