I met Claribel Baez at a community talent show at the Grand Street Settlement in the Lower East Side. We liked
each other right away and decided to become "Mentor and Mentee" through the Mentor USA Program sponsored
by Grand Street, her home away from home. Five years later, Bela is 21 and has become a seriously incredible
young woman. I am so proud she's in my life. AND NOW SHE CAN FINALLY DRINK!
WOO HOO! PARTY! WOO!
Bela's got a drinking problem: Two hands and only one mouth
ONLY KIDDING! Claribel's birthday party was SO not about getting wasted. It was about getting down
with friends and family. Here is Lara, Claribel's sisters Clara and Clarissa, Claribel and some party crasher
The Baez sisters
With her Papi
Cute and nice and awesomely dressed girlfriends
With Martha. Those two always give each other socks
Eliza, name tag maker extraordinare, and her baby
My date for the evening, Jen Props
Randi mad amazing food and this beautiful cake. What a fun get together!