Boston Red Sox host Latino Youth Recognition Day Honoring East Boston and Chelsea Students
NeighborHealth Sponsors Celebration of Academic Excellence for Local Latino Middle Schoolers
BOSTON, MA (July 02, 2025) – On Monday, June 30, 2025, Fenway Park was filled with cheers that went beyond baseball, as the historic stadium celebrated Latino Youth Recognition Day, an event that has honored top-achieving Latino middle school students from East Boston and Chelsea Public Schools for the past 30 years. An event hosted by El Mundo Boston in partnership with the Boston Red Sox, and proudly sponsored by Saúde do Vizinho, the evening spotlighted academic excellence with a heartwarming pre-game ceremony before the Red Sox took on the Cincinnati Reds.
Students from the Umana and Excel Academy in East Boston, and the Excel Academy, Browne Middle School, Clark Avenue School, e Eugene Wright Middle School in Chelsea were recognized on the field as academic “all-stars,” hand-selected by their teachers for outstanding performance in the classroom. The honorees were presented with certificates of achievement during a special on-field celebration featuring several Red Sox players, including Romy Gonzalez, Brennan Bernardino, and Liam Hendriks.
The student honorees include:
Umana Academy, East Boston
- Jose, 6º grade
- Laila, 7º grade
- Jeuriel, 8º grade
Excel Academy, East Boston
- Sophia, 6º grade
- Marcos, 7º grade
- Brian, 7º grade
Excel Greenway, East Boston
- Andrea, 7º grade
- Cesc, 7º grade
- Elizabeth, 6º grade
Excel Academy, Chelsea
- Adrian, 6th grade
- Breno, 7º grade
- Katsya, 8º grade
Browne Middle School, Chelsea
- Carlos, 8º grade
- Brayan, 7º grade
Clark Avenue School, Chelsea
- Diamelys, 8º grade
- Kevin, 6º grade
- Stacey, 6º grade
- Issac, 7º grade
Eugene Wright Middle School, Chelsea
- Skye, 6º grade
- Alessandro, 6º grade
- Melissa, 7º grade
- Jeheli, 7º grade
Jamie Hazard, Interim CEO and Chief Financial Officer of NeighborHealth, congratulated the top-performing students during the ceremony, emphasizing the broader impact of celebrating youth achievement.
“NeighborHealth believes that investing in the next generation means showing up to celebrate the achievements of our young people, while also creating pathways to opportunity,” said Hazard. “It is a joy to stand alongside these incredible students in such an iconic space. Recognitions like these not only honor their hard work but help nurture pride, confidence, and community.”
Also speaking at the event was El Mundo Boston President and CEO Alberto Vasallo III, who highlighted the long-running tradition of Latino Youth Recognition Days and the importance of affirming Latino students’ success publicly and proudly.
Other sponsors in attendance included Massport, Beth Israel Lahey Health, VitraHealth, Bank of America, Comcast, State Street and International Grains and Cereal. This is the second of three youth recognition day celebrations at Fenway this season.
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Julia Covelle
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Sobre NeighborHealth
O NeighborHealth, anteriormente East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, é um dos maiores Centros de Saúde Federalmente Qualificados (FQHCs) do país e o maior sistema de saúde de atenção primária baseado na comunidade em Massachusetts, atendendo mais de 120.000 pessoas e reconhecido pela Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) como um Líder Nacional de Qualidade. Por mais de 50 anos, o NeighborHealth ofereceu acesso a cuidados primários abrangentes, cuidados especializados e cuidados de emergência para pacientes na Comunidade. Em uma fusão inédita em 2020, o East Boston Neighborhood Health Center uniu forças com o South End Community Health Center e expandiu os serviços para pacientes que vivem e trabalham nos bairros South End e Roxbury de Boston. Com quase 2.000 funcionários, o NeighborHealth defende modelos de atendimento inovadores para preencher ativamente as lacunas de equidade em saúde em nossas comunidades de baixa renda e imigrantes com serviços exclusivos de outros provedores de saúde em nosso estado. Para obter mais informações, visite www.neighborhealth.com.
Photo Credit and Caption
Red Sox players Romy Gonzalez, Brennan Bernardino, and Liam Hendriks, along with team mascot Tessie, joined Latino Youth Recognition Day sponsors on the field to celebrate and congratulate student honorees from East Boston and Chelsea Public Schools.
Latino Youth Recognition Day honoree Laila Rojas high-fives Red Sox mascot Tessie during the celebration.
East Boston and Chelsea Public School honorees gather during Latino Youth Recognition Day at Fenway Park with Lorena Silva of VitraHealth.
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NeighborHealth Interim President & CEO and Chief Financial Officer Jamie Hazard greets Latino Youth Recognition Day honorees Laila Rojas (right) and Jose Martinez Portillo (left) from the Umana Middle School in East Boston.
NeighborHealth Director of Communications Emily Martin (left) and Interim President & CEO and Chief Financial Officer Jamie Hazard (right) stand in front of Fenway Park’s Green Monster during the Latino Youth Recognition Day celebration.
