To educate, maintain and dispatch highly skilled Inter-Faith Spiritual Care First Responders who can provide quality and safe spiritual, emotional & mental health support services, both during peace times and during times of crisis 24-hours a day.
Alejandro Zayas was born on August 12, in Brooklyn, NY. His parents were of
Puerto Rican descent. He was raised in the musical melting pot of Queens, New York, in the
neighborhood of Ridgewood. Alejandro Zayas is the second youngest of five children. He regularly attended a local church with his grandmother, Alfonsa Zayas, his aunt, Carmen, and his aunt’s husband Jose Ortiz.
From early on, Alejandro showed true signs of a leader. Alejandro was always an active
individual and was always extremely involved at church. While attending church and through his grandmother, he developed a deep and personal relationship with God. He then decided that he needed to get involved as a volunteer. Turns out that he did more than that. At the church, he rose from Children’s ministry leader to Youth Pastor. While attending Norman Thomas High School, Alejandro served as the Student Liaison for the Department of Education. This allowed him to represent all schools in the Borough of Manhattan. Later, he was also able to represent NYC Department of Education Student Advisory Committee as well as the School Safety Board Committee. When the Department of Education proposed to close Norman Thomas High School, Alejandro wrote letters to the New York State Governor, State Senate, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, all City Council members of the City of New York and City Council Speaker Christine C Quinn. Speaker Quinn responded to his email and that pushed Alejandro to become an advocate for his friends and peers.
During his adolescent years, he then went on to work as an event coordinator. His first job
was to coordinate a concert for 10,000 people with Latin Grammy award winner artist Samuel Hernandez. This concert was a success. It also allowed Alejandro to work with Samuel, whom had been an inspiration to him for years. This event inspired Mr. Zayas to work in the entertainment industry and he would later becomean Executive Board Member in several non-profit organizations. Some of these organizations were the Puerto Rican State Parade & Festival of New York Inc., The Brooklyn Three Kings Parade, US-New York State Chaplain Task Force, Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade, Premios Juventud NYC by Telemundo, and Semana Hispana in Massachusetts. Through these amazing organizations he was given the opportunity to work with great artists and celebrities such as Daddy Yankee, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Tony Vega, La India, and many others.
Mr. Zayas has also had the opportunity to work with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Speaker Christine Quinn, US Senator Chuck Schumer, NYS Governor David Paterson, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo, NYS Governor Kathy Hochul, Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, Senator Julia Salazer, and many more amazing political figures. He has opened events for Secretary Hillary Clinton, Frist Lady Michelle Obama, Massachusetts Attorney General of Massachusetts Martha Coakley, and US Senator Elizabeth Warren.
In 2012, at the Three Kings Day Parade, Mr. Zayas met Mayoral Candidate Rev, Erick Salgado
whom then asked Alejandro to be his campaign advisor. Mr. Zayas was the youngest campaign Board of Director’s member. While directing the campaign, he had the opportunity to meet and talk to all mayoral candidates including, Mayor Bill De Bilasio, John Catsimatidis, and Christine Quinn. making their acquaintance, John Catsimatidis, Mayor Bloomberg, and Christine Quinn, have been role models for Alejandro and they continue to be great motivators in his life.
Mr. Zayas has been a campaign political advisor for many successful Mayors, City council, Senators, State representatives, and Judges not only in NYC but in surrounding states. He has become a great influence and the face of the Latino community as well as Spanish clergy. He has been fighting for people’s right, unity, and peace. Mr. Zayas is very passionate about what he does and who he does it for. He has organized press conferences together with clergy and community organizations to call out peace and unity between Police and community. Partnering up with Mayor Eric Adam as well as being the organizer of prayer vigils and more.
Recently in January of 2023 Mr. Zayas lead the efforts of getting the street sign Avenue of Puerto Rico in Brooklyn, NY back up after it was taken down by the DOT. He worked together with City council on getting a bill passed that all historical signs aren’t taken down or touched. This topic became of headline news for serval weeks not in NYC but around the nation. Currently Mr. Zayas works for the largest chaplaincy in the nation and is the Director of Public Relations. He continues to fight for the Latino Community as a leader but also in the clergy. Mr. Zayas says that he will continue to “Be vocal about injustice and supporting what is right because that is what he was called to do.” All this stems from his desire to be an advocate for his friends and family as a young person and recognizing that if it weren’t for God he couldn’t achieve and do everything he does.
Alejandro Zayas
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