Humanitarian
Awards

Wanda holds a degree in Marketing from UASD University, Dominican Republic and has served the Bronx and Upper Manhattan for nearly 20 years, first at Banco Popular and now at Ponce Bank. Her business development skills, drive for financial literacy, volunteerism, and experience working with top-tier Not-for-Profit organizations, resonates profoundly with Ponce Bank’s mission to become an engine for Socio-Economic Empowerment within the communities it serves.

Wanda became a working partner with the Bowen Center more than 17-years, first when she was a Branch Manager with at Banco Popular. Her relationship with Bowen continued when she moved to Ponce Bank in 2017. She is extremely proud of the relationship between Ponce and the Bowen Center.

Luis Laboy, LMSW, served as Program Director for the Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center’s Addiction Services Outpatient Program from August 2018 until September 2022. As a strong advocate for those in need of drug addiction prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction, Mr. Laboy’s energy and infectious attitude enabled thousands of Bowen Center clients to remain focused on their recovery. During his time at the Bowen Center, he presided over numerous graduation celebrations that marked the successful completion of treatment.

Mr. Laboy has a Master’s in Public administration, and is a Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor, and Certified Recovery Peer Advocate. He was recently named Senior Administrator of OASAS Residential Programs for ACACIA Network.

Doni Holloway is an award-winning multimedia journalist with an affinity for telling meaningful and impactful stories. His interest in journalism began when he was six. At that age, he fell in love with and realized the power of words. He’s a speaker, producer and podcast host.

Holloway has served as an ambassador for the Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey & ESSENCE Magazine, returning to the program as an alumnus and guest speaker, entertainment host and mentor. He’s an alumni board member of the Asian American Journalists Association JCamp, assisting with program operations.

The Laurinburg, NC native has won numerous national, state and local awards for his journalistic and leadership endeavors. He has been featured in U.S. News & World Report, Electronic Urban Report, Talking Biz News, the National Association of Black Journalists Journal and numerous other publications.

Holloway has won more than 25 awards and has reported around the country, in China, and has spoken at a myriad of venues, including the National Press Club. He’s also a frequent moderator of events. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in broadcast journalism, where he was named as the National Association of Black Journalists Student Journalist of the Year. Holloway is now producer of the “Why Is This Happening?” podcast with Chris Hayes at NBC/MSNBC. He previously worked at Bloomberg News in New York City, where he created content for television, radio, podcasts and grew the Bloomberg Businessweek podcast to be the company’s highest grossing one. Before working at Bloomberg, he was an Emma Bowen fellow in the NBC Washington network newsroom from 2015-2017.