Sam Gomez - GreenEggsAndSam.com

When I was in college, I was a member of the MLK Scholars Program at NYU. A merit-based scholarship program, it was designed to bring together students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. As members of the Program, we participated in various seminars, domestic and international travel colloquia, research, educational and cultural activities, and community service. To be frank, if it were not for this program, I would have never be able to attend NYU. Many of my fondest college memories are with this group.

On Thursday night, I went to a reunion celebrating the group’s 20th anniversary. While in college, I never really thought too much of it - we all struggled to make good grades and fit in, just like every other college student - but these guys were among some of the brightest in the US. Among our alum are now doctors, lawyers, priests, professors, entrepreneurs, Broadway actors, film makers, businessmen and women, leaders in not-for-profit, etc. (We even have a celebrity blogger.) The reunion was fantastic. I got to see familiar faces and catch up with old friends.

A year or two ago, I created groups on MySpace and Facebook, in attempt to keep us more in touch with one another. Actually, it has. I’ve heard from several people from as far away as Hawaii.

Anyway, I was looking through some old college files and found a few pages that listed some names. I thought I would post them, in the event 1.) anyone Googled him/herself or 2.) someone knew how to reach one or more of these individuals. In either case, alum are encouraged to join the MLK Scholars Group on Facebook.

Also, if you have lists from other years, feel free to post here or on Facebook.

Members During 98-99 (Very incomplete list)
Murray Abeles
Rebecca Agbe-Davis
Candice Allen
Rose Alokolaro
Diana Alvir
Marc Aranha
Alejandro Arbona
Michael Bernard
Laureve Blackstone
Carla Brathwaite
Kate Butler
Erik Carter
Melissa Cook
Josue Diaz
Raymond Doss
Danielle Figueroa
Benjamin Gallardo
Clifford Georges
Asmeret Ghebremichael
Hector Gonzalez
William Gordon
Mary Hill
Michelle Hollings
Natarsha Horton
Travis Johnson
Tom Jordon
Katrina Kalatzis
Michelle Kempner
Elliott Knott
Richard LaFluer
Mario Lavandeira
Nicole Lewis
Rafeal Lima
Shakira Lleras
Kyissa Markland
Sanra Martinez
Maryann Mikhail
Lauren Nelson
Antoinette Noel
Edward Olvera
Dominic Ondryas
Tatiana Pena
Dahlia Philips
Rafael Polanco
Venita Ramirez
Jessica Rodrigues
Natalie Rodrigues
David Rodriguez
Tracea Routie
Marwa Sabry
Paul Samuels
Arnel San Pedro
Hector Sanchez
Anna Sands
Erika Settles
Debbie-Ann Smith
Nicole Smith
Christine Sousa
LaWanda Stewart
Elisabeth Stone
Ludmilla Terehoff
Tyrone Turnipseed
Chrisina White
Kim White
Evan Williams
Lesley Younge

Other Years [Mixed] (Obscenely incomplete)
Chris Chan Roberson
Alfonsina Molinari
Dremaceo Giles
Joe Corona
Laura Wilson
Keishia Louis
Franklin Mayers
Jaime Guzman
Diana Alvir
Abe Feliciano
Aklima Baksh
Bryan Vargas
Yumi Martinez
Ayana Johnson
Noreen Gillen
Rodney Lopez
Mable Ivory
Reisha Phils
Malika Brown
Stephanie McGuiness
Patty Abreu
Stephen Farmer
Debbie Sadok
Aimee Cornier

April 14th, 2008 | Tags: mlk scholars, names, nyu, old friends | Category: Classifieds | Comments (2)

I want to try a plugin for my Outlook. In order to do so, I have to post this stupid link and trick it by inviting myself through other email accounts. Lame.

UPDATE 04/30/08
I finally got my invite and installed the plug-in. It provides emails stats on things like who I exchange email with the most and what time of day they send me the most email. I guess it is all somewhat interesting, but not worth the trouble I had to go through to get the plug-in.

April 12th, 2008 | Tags: Technology, xobni | Category: Technology | Leave a comment

After looking at 70+ houses over the last year, yesterday we found out that our bid has been accepted on a house on Long Island.  In an unexpected rapid turn of events, the engineer was able to come within 24 hours. This morning we spent 3 hours walking around and through what looks like may become our new house. The engineer’s preliminary results looked good.

Tonight we’re headed to Home Depot to look at flooring.

Is This Really Happening?

March 29th, 2008 | Tags: house | Category: Home and Garden | Leave a comment

I posted a bunch of photos from the trip. Still catching up on everything that happened.

March 16th, 2008 | Tags: Hawaii | Category: Travel | Leave a comment

On Friday, we launched a new promo for Michael Jackson. Using a technology from a company by the name of BigStage, MichaelJackson.com now allows you to insert yourself into the original Thriller video by uploading 3 still shot images. Here’s my video:

For more information, visit www.michaeljackson.com/mythrillervideo

March 10th, 2008 | Category: Business, You Gotta See This | Leave a comment

February 22nd, 2008 | Tags: Hawaii | Category: Travel | Leave a comment

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Today we took the best tour ever. Literally. I’ve now visited almost every state in the US and Shannon O’Brein of E Noa Tours was the most entertaining tour guide that I have ever had. Thank you, Shannon.

In the first 5 minutes, he circled the block to show us 1.) where they delivered miniture soaps and shampoos to the hotel 2.) the ancient Hawaiian restaurant, “Denny’s” and 3.) where our hotel was located. I was about to bust a gut laughing. (He had to circle the block because of several one-way streets near our hotel.)

The tour took us approximately 120 miles around the perimeter of O’ahu. We saw:
* Slopes of Diamond Head
* Kahala (Hawaii’s Beverly Hills)
* Hanauma Bay
* Halona “Blow Hole” Lookout
* “From Here To Eternity” Beach
* Sandy Beach
* Makapu’u Lookout
* Waimanalo Hawaiian Homestead
* Nu’uanu Pali Lookout and Valley
* Rain forests
* Ko’olau Mountains
* Moli’i Gardens, Macadamia Nut Hut & Fish Pond at Kualoa Ranch (film set for Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, etc.)
* North Shore surfing beaches
* Pineapple and agriculture fields
* Dole Plantation

Later, as we were driving through a national park, which had a lot of bamboo, he told everyone that it was marijuana and that the field had been exposed by Cheech and Chong in a 1975 issue of National Geographic.

February 19th, 2008 | Tags: Hawaii, tour | Category: Travel | Leave a comment