NSNP Staff
Current Youth Programs Director who wears a grey beanie
Toni
Incorrectly spelt EAGLES before our city won the Superbowl, our current mayor
Cherelle Parker
Born in Tuskegee, AL best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks
An American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky with unapologetic podcast
Angel Reese
Singer born an raised in Reading, PA "cause the haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate"
Taylor Swift
Nuevorican who has worked at NSNP for 15 years
Evelyn
The only former first lady to hold and elected office, she ran for president in 2016
Hillary Clinton
American journalist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s
Ida B Wells
The youngest player to qualify for Wimbledon in the Open Era inspired by the Williams sisters
Coco Gauff
Mexican-American singer known as the "Queen of Tejano Music" "bidi bidi bom bom"
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
NSNP's current Executive Director who lives on Palethorp St
Andria
The youngest Nuevorican to serve in Congress a member of the democratic party whose name is usually abbreviated
AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)
She risked her life as a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad, which led escaped enslaved people to freedom in the North.
Harriet Tubman
One of the world's fastest female sprinters, known for her record-breaking performances in the 100-meter dash
Sha'carri Richardson
Actress, producer, author and talk show host, "you get a car and you get a car you get a car"
Oprah Winfrey
We made bouquets in January with this Native American gardener
Sky
The youngest black lawmaker in Texas known for her willingness to speak up as a public defender
Jasmine Crockett
Leader of the Chicano civil rights movement who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association.
Dolores Huerta
A three-time Olympic gold medalist, the head coach who turned the South Carolina Gamecocks into national champions, and a Hall of Famer
Dawn Staley
Grammy-winning rapper and songwriter from Houston, Texas. "Classy, bougie, ratchet .. sassy, moody, nasty"
Megan Thee Stallion
Garden founder, dreamer and member of Groupo Motivos (makes the best pastellios)
Iris Brown
Attorney and former Vice President of the United States and ran in the 2024 presidential elections
Kamala Harris
Her activism for the abolitionist movement gained the attention of President Abraham Lincoln, who invited her to the White House
Sojourner Truth
An American tennis player who revolutionized women’s tennis and who won more Grand Slam singles titles (23) than any other person during the open era.
Serena Williams
Award-winning, multi-platinum singer, songwriter, actress became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child
BEYONCE (Giselle Knowles-Carter"