Monthly Archives: September 2011

My name is Stephen Saylee and I am a current student at the New York City College of Technology to seek my Bachelor of Technology in Hospitality Management and graduate from City Tech College with honors too. I will accomplish this because I am a determined, motivated, brilliant, and positive student that would not give up on obtaining that Bachelor degrees in Hospitality Management. I didn’t come a long way of my family busting their butts bringing me here to America and graduating from high school with a high school and regents diploma and now in college just to give up on my dreams and goals of working the hospitality management field and being the best at it too.
My strongest traits as a student are my intelligence, motivation, professionalism, confidence, courage, honesty, responsibility, and determination to make my dream and career goals become a reality once I leave here from City Tech College with my degree. I sometimes may get distracted but I always get back on track one way or another and continue doing what I am suppose to be doing and don’t look back till I accomplish whatever I needed to do. I love to cook, listen to music, read a great book, write poetry and stories, go to work and educate young youths and adults about healthy topics such as suicidal, safe sex, cyber bullying, healthy relationships, and HIV/AIDS and STDs preventions and treatments, and I also love to hang out with my friends.
All my life as a kid I dreamed of and see myself as a successful General Hotel Manager or business owner and I will do whatever it takes to reach towards that goal. With my leadership experience, professionalism, and great management skills, I can do well as a General Hotel Manager. Will take all of the knowledge and skills I will be learning here at City Tech and transfer all of that knowledge and skills in my career goal as a General Manager. I want to become one of the best, professional, wealthy African General Hotel Manager, making sure that my employees act and give professionalism. I want my employees show great customer service to customers and put the customers before themselves. I will do all that I can do to make sure that happens and make sure I manage and assist them with their tasks. I can carry my motivation, smile, and determination with me as a General Manager. I am a person who loves to make people laugh, smile and feel comfortable. I am a people person and also very friendly and I will make sure my employees are the same way too. I will make sure I represent my business professionally and respectfully. As a General Hotel Manager, I will make sure my company get the best and make sure my employees provide the best there is when it comes down to pleasing the customer’s . I will make sure they keep one of the rules of customer service in the back of their head and make sure that every sure that every requirements and criteria of making the hotel a success ands well known will be met and I will make sure my part of being the best and respectful General Hotel Manager is met too.

Jennifer Mora was born in a Dominican household and with it came the different variation of cultural food. She has always been fascinated with food ever since she was a little girl. She has come to NYCCT to try to pursue her dreams in Culinary Arts and one day be able to cook not only her  cultural dishes but all cultural dishes. When she doesn’t have much to do, she helps her mom cook so while learning in school she also gets the help she needs pursuing her dreams at home. Jennifer is very dedicated and ambitious. She always accomplishes anything thing she puts her heart into and she will continue to do so in her career choices.

Kimberley Gonzalez was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Brooklyn. Being in a Military family, she has traveled most of the East Coast. After nearly 7 years away from New York, she was sent back home and graduated from Fort Hamilton High School. She has attended 5 high schools, most of them being in South Florida. She first found her passion for baking in her 3^rd high school while she was enrolled in the Culinary Program. Kimberley has specialized in Veterinary Assisting, Photography and Computers for the past 3 years. She enjoys learning new things and traveling. Most of the time she reserves her thoughts and prefers to quietly observe. Her strongest traits would have to be her sense of humor, straightforwardness and commitment. Her initiative to be successful and happy in life is strong. Majoring in Hospitality Management offers her flexibility while she devises a plan to reach her goals.

Rebecca AnnMarie Charles is a trustworthy responsible young woman who is a New York native. She is 17 years old and was born and raised in Flushing, Queens. She attended John Bowne High School. She realized her passion for the field of hospitality management during her senior year of high school.  Rebecca was elected into the Senior Office. This was a group of six responsible and  diligent  students whose job it was to organize every single senior event ranging from senior assemblies to graduation. During her time as a senior officer, Rebecca made sure that all of the seniors stayed informed and was always there to answer any questions they had. Her job was to cater to the needs of the senior class. After mentioning to her senior adviser how much she loved working for the senior office he suggested that she look into the field of hospitality management. Rebecca is currently studying at New York City College of Technology in the hospitality management program. She is eager to continue learning and gain experience through NYCCT hospitality management program. Rebecca wants to graduate with her bachelors degree and hopes to one day make it in the industry. She hopes to run a hotel, working in a management position. Although she is young, Rebecca is determined to work hard and achieve her goals.

Antonio Tlapanco, also known as Toni or Anthony by a few, is a Brooklyn New York native studying at NYCCT in the Hospitality Management field. He has graduated from The Green School: An Academy for Environmental  Careers and is currently eighteen. He is a very humorous, sweet, peaceful and intelligent young man who is grateful for the support he is receiving from his friends and family. His family background consists of Mexican and Native American as well. As a student he knows what his priorities are but can have a forgetful mind. He has received awards in outstanding performance in math, science, english and social studies. He has also been on the Honor Roll numerous times. Although he has only hadexperience with kids such as internships at daycares, he is sure that majoring in Hospitality will help bring his dream to a reality. His dream being to travel the world and bring smiles to people faces. He hopes to work on a cruise ship and see the whole world.

Tiziana Sacco, known by her friends and family as Tizi, is an aspiring make-up artist, event planner, entrepreneur, and hospitality manager.  She is assertive, attentive, charming, skillful, considerate, and an expedient learner.  Tizi was born in Manhattan, New York to Ecuadorian and Uruguayan parents.  She was raised in Montevideo, Uruguay until the age of seven, where she was brought back to New York to live with her mother and two sisters.  During her time in Uruguay, her aunt Adriana (affectionately called La Maina) left a profound impact on the young Tizi, instilling her with the drive to achieve her hopes and dreams.  Tizi has work experience in various positions in hotels, ballrooms, and restaurants since the age of fifteen.  Her former places of employment include, The Double Tree Metropolitan Hotel, Botteglia del Vino, and Michael Jordan Steak House (to name a few), however, her most memorable position was in the Edison Ballroom, once known as the Supper Club in Time Square.  Various events were hosted and celebrated during her time there which ranged from bar mitzvahs, fashion shows, after parties, corporate holiday parties, and celebrity birthdays.  It was there where she discovered the glamorous and animated atmosphere kindled her passion for event planning and a future career in hospitality management.  In addition to working as a banquet manager and event planner at a notable ballroom, catering hall, or lounge, Tizi would also one day like to become a special effects make-up artist.  She would like to create her own make up brand or event planning company in the New York tri-state area.  Tizi has a deep love of distinct cultures and languages.  In addition to English, she speaks Spanish fluently and has sparse knowledge of Italian and Sign Language.  She anticipates that the experience she gains at New York City Tech will enable her to realize her goals. 

    Ginette Castillo, but people also call her Ginie or Gee. She was born and raised in the Bronx and is currently 18 years old. She graduated The Bronx Guild High School (Inside Stevenson High School) with a GPA of about 3.7. She was able to attend different types of internships while attending The Bronx Guild. Being in this school she was able to know what she wanted to major in college which is cooking and baking. She has had internship’s in places like Marc Ecko, Columbia University, a dentist, donors choose, a Mexican/American restaurant, a chef in a senior center and so forth. The job she loved the most was working in William Hudson Senior Center with a very good chef. He taught her a lot and brought her more into enjoying the culinary world. She has had a passion of learning to cook and bake but it just hasn’t come clear in her mind and she’s determined to learn in college. Her reason for attending NYC College of Technology is because it was the closet and only school in New York that had cooking/baking together and she’s hoping that this is the school that will help her react her goal of being a great chef and baker. Besides being passionate in culinary; she loves to play softball, travel, hang out, attend Yankee and Mets games when she can and bake cakes on her spare time. Her greatest accomplishment has to be graduating high school and getting everything done early however something she looks back on was not graduating her third year of high school because of stupid reasons, but at least she was able to do all the senior actives like she wanted. She got to learn though that something’s happen for a reason and people learn from their own mistake. She’s very shy but when she gets to know you she will come out of her comfort zone and you will get to see how cool and real she can be. Whenever you see her around say hi and get to know her, she won’t bit =)

Born and raised in Flushing Queens, Yu-On Chui is an optimistic young man who looks forward to his education at NYCCT with a positive attitude.  He majors in Hospitality Management. Though he has only worked with children all his life at a daycare, he is convinced that he will want to spend the rest of his career helping people with a smile. He believes he is extremely lucky to be raised by a Asian oriented family who’s been able to adapt to the American lifestyle. He has also traveled all across Asia in countries such as Japan, China, Hong Kong and Macau. Yu-On greatly appreciates and enjoys all the cultures he’s been able to surround himself with. He is always eager and curious to enrich himself with something new and believes that majoring in the field of Hospitality Management would present many opportunities for him to do so. Unsure where his end destination might lead him he believes that he would want nothing more than to have a career in the Hospitality Industry.