Hispanic Heritage Month Essay Grand Prize Winner Awarded Prize At Valley Stream South High School

Students at Valley Stream South High School gathered to listen to their classmate Allyce Yang as she read aloud her grand-prize winning essay entitled "Frida Kahlo and I Speak the Language of Dreams.” Allyce’s essay was chosen from more than 600 essays in the high school category in Optimum Community and Olympusat’s 8th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Essay Contest. Students in the tristate were invited to submit an essay of 500 words or less and to name a Latino, past or present, with whom they would choose to spend a day and explain why.

Allyce was also presented with a citation from Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages for her terrific work.