{"id":266686,"date":"2024-06-17T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-youth-mentor-valentina-ferrer-and-global-superstar-j-balvin-celebrate-nyc-students-with-glasswing-international\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T19:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T23:50:02","slug":"la-mentora-juvenil-valentina-ferrer-y-la-superestrella-mundial-j-balvin-celebran-a-los-estudiantes-de-nueva-york-con-glasswing-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-mentora-juvenil-valentina-ferrer-y-la-superestrella-mundial-j-balvin-celebran-a-los-estudiantes-de-nueva-york-con-glasswing-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Mentor Valentina Ferrer and global superstar J Balvin celebrate NYC Students with Glasswing International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; This past Saturday,\u00a0<b><span class=\"xn-person\">Valentina Ferrer<\/span><\/b>, KAPOWDER co-founder, model, and entrepreneur, together with global superstar, <b>J Balvin<\/b>, joined <b>Glasswing International<\/b> at the <b>Hard Rock Hotel<\/b> to inspire and to celebrate the achievements of over 200 New York City high school students, including recently-arrived immigrant youth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgdb9eleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgdb9eleft\" title=\"Valentina Ferrer and J Balvin at Glasswing event\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2440924\/Valentina_Ferrer_and_J_Balvin_at_Glasswing_event.jpg\" alt=\"Valentina Ferrer and J Balvin at Glasswing event\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Valentina volunteers with Glasswing&#8217;s youth programs in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York City<\/span>, helping to develop key skills and instill confidence in students. <i>&#8220;As a Glasswing volunteer, it is a privilege to be part of these students&#8217; journeys; listening to them sharing their dreams and witnessing their tenacity as they strive for them,<\/i>&#8221; shared Valentina.<\/p>\n<p>Glasswing New York&#8217;s programs focus on social-emotional skill development, mental health, and reading and English language support, which are critical for students to adapt to the challenges of their new environments. As <span class=\"xn-person\">Celina de Sola<\/span>, co-founder and President shared, &#8220;<i>Valentina not only shares her experience and motivates students to believe in themselves, she also reminds them of their courage and potential &#8211; something we all needed as teenagers<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At their tenth annual Gala on <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 10th<\/span>, Glasswing will be highlighting this work, and honoring <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Valentina Ferrer<\/span><\/b>, for her deep commitment to youth and communities in NYC, <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>. The Gala brings together a diverse group of 400 people, including business leaders, fashion pioneers and icons, diplomats, cause-driven celebrities, thought leaders, corporate partners, and media.<\/p>\n<p>Glasswing works in 15 countries across <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>, as well as <span class=\"xn-location\">New York City<\/span>, directly impacting more than 3 million lives, and mobilizing more than 150,000 volunteers. Glasswing has invested over <span class=\"xn-money\">$200 million<\/span> across the region to address the root causes of poverty and violence through education and health programs that empower youth and communities, and strengthen public systems.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Glasswing International, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/glasswing.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/glasswing.org\/<\/a> or contact: Grace Parazzoli | <a href=\"mailto:gparazzoli@glasswing.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">gparazzoli@glasswing.org<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg1c86left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg1c86left\" title=\"Valentina Ferrer and J Balvin with Glasswing students in NYC\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2440926\/Valentina_Ferrer_and_J_Blavin_with_Glasswing_students.jpg\" alt=\"Valentina Ferrer and J Balvin with Glasswing students in NYC\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4193000-1&amp;h=666071367&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2440924%2FValentina_Ferrer_and_J_Balvin_at_Glasswing_event.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2440924%2FValentina_Ferrer_and_J_Balvin_at_Glasswing_event.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2440924\/Valentina_Ferrer_and_J_Balvin_at_Glasswing_event.jpg<\/a><br \/>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4193000-1&amp;h=3665927387&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2440926%2FValentina_Ferrer_and_J_Blavin_with_Glasswing_students.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2440926%2FValentina_Ferrer_and_J_Blavin_with_Glasswing_students.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2440926\/Valentina_Ferrer_and_J_Blavin_with_Glasswing_students.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Glasswing International<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; This past Saturday,\u00a0<b><span class=\"xn-person\">Valentina Ferrer<\/span><\/b>, KAPOWDER co-founder, model, and entrepreneur, together with global superstar, <b>J Balvin<\/b>, joined <b>Glasswing International<\/b> at the <b>Hard Rock Hotel<\/b> to inspire and to celebrate the achievements of over 200 New York City high school students, including recently-arrived immigrant youth.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpgdb9eleft&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266686"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266691,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266686\/revisions\/266691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}