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Alberto Cruz is an active advocate and has a record of accomplishments in education and more specifically in the area of after school. As Co-chair of Youth, Education and Libraries Committee and Chair of the Strategy & Budget Committee for Community Board 7/Manhattan he has advocated to secure millions of dollars for our New York City Public Schools, Libraries, After school programs and Senior living facilities.

Currently, he serves as a Representative for the Bronx Region #4 with over 240,000 residents (University Heights, Fordham, Bedford Park, Norwood, Spuyten Duyvel, Marble Hill, Kingsbridge, Riverdale and North Riverdale) on the Department of Youth and Community Developments’ Community Action Board. Mr. Cruz previously served as Vice-Chairman on the Neighborhood Advisory Board #8 (NAB) representing over 100,000 residents (Spuyten Duyvel, Marble Hill, Kingsbridge, Riverdale and North Riverdale). In this capacity Mr. Cruz worked along with NAB members in allocating hundreds  of thousands of dollars to necessary community services.

As a board member for Community Board #7/Manhattan (CB7) Alberto worked on several issues impacting the community such as citywide budget cuts, economic development and school overcrowding, where    he was appointed as representative of CB7 to the Manhattan Borough Presidents Task Force on School Overcrowding. Alberto also plays an active role in the decision making process by ensuring that he brings a voice of fairness and understanding to the Board.

Mr. Cruz is currently Managing Director of a nonprofit organization serving over 450 children and young adults in after school, leadership projects and camp programs. Alberto is presently Co-President of AfterSchool Works! New York with over 16,000 members statewide. Our association serves practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and administrators representing all public, private, faith-based, school-based and community-based sectors. Our members work in school age child care programs, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA’s, 4H, Parks and Recreation Departments, and other before school, after school and summer programs.

In January 2009 Mr. Cruz was honored by the Partnership for After School Education (PASE) at its annual PASEsetter Awards ceremony. According to a statement from PASE announcing Cruz’s selection, PASEsetter Awards winners “exemplify the dedication, talent, and innovation that enables youth workers everywhere to change the lives of countless young people in New York City and beyond.”

Alberto was recently selected by top American Express corporate leaders to participate in the highly acclaimed American Express Nonprofit Leadership Academy. Alberto was chosen as part of a highly competitive selection process designed to find two-dozen "best and brightest" senior officers of nonprofit organizations from across the United States.