Flushing, New York – Assemblyman David Weprin joined NYC Urban Fellow and 2017 Saul Weprin Memorial Scholarship Award recipient, Giselle Cordero, at Queens College’s Baccalaureate Honors Convocation Thursday night. Established at the College by the National Speakers Conference and Mrs. Sylvia Weprin, wife of Saul Weprin, the Saul Weprin Memorial Scholarship is in memory of the former speaker of the New York State Assembly and awarded to students on the basis of academic excellence as well as demonstrated evidence of a commitment to the public interest.

Cordero, a graduating senior who was born and raised in Queens, first worked in government for the New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene. In 2016, after completing a successful internship at the New York State Assembly, she served as a Congressional Intern at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute the same year. Cordero has also spent her time volunteering at food pantries and tutoring students at after-school programs.

Assemblyman David Weprin and the Weprin family, including his mother Sylvia Weprin and his brother, former Assemblyman and City Councilman Mark Weprin, make an annual tradition of attending the Baccalaureate Honors Convocation at Queens College to meet with each year’s Saul Weprin Memorial Scholarship Award recipient.

“It is always an honor to meet the next generation of leaders and public servants at the Baccalaureate Honors Convocation at Queens College” said Assemblyman David Weprin. “This year’s recipient of the Saul Weprin Memorial Scholarship Award represents the best and brightest of what Queens has to offer and I am so proud that we have the opportunity to carry on my father’s legacy through outstanding individuals like Giselle Cordero.”