Title: Chief Executive Officer, Owner, President, Research Genealogist
Company: Huntoon-Van Rensalier Underground Railroad Foundation
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Agency on Aging Monitoring Unit, City of Los Angeles Area (Co-founder, 1977)
- California State University
- Huntoon-Van Rensalier Underground Railroad Foundation (founder, president, 2004)
- Los Angeles Festival in Black Art Exhibition and (Director and Curator, 1972)
- Monument on Paterson, NJ Historic Vacant Lot (Historic Leader, 1996)
- National Council of Negro Women, San Diego, CA (2017-Present)
- National All-American Rose Selection’s (AARS), Watts Senior Center Rose Garden (founder)
- Rotary Club (1992-1998)
- Seniors of Watts Oral History Project, Exhibition, Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda, Founder
- Soroptimist Club (1975-1976)
- University of Southern California
- Watts Festival Art Exhibitions (Director and Curator, 1972)
- Watts Rotary Club, Los Angeles (President, 1996-1997)
- Watts Senior Citizen Center Rose Garden, smallest in the nation (Founder, 1994)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2020, 2019)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2020)
- Inductee, Top Professional of the Year (2020, 2019)
- Inductee, Who’s Who of Professional Women (2019)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
- Author, Bridge Street to Freedom (2017)
- Recipient, Historic Monument Site Award, Chosen Freeholders, Passaic County, NJ (2014)
- $271,000 Preservation Grant, Historic Parks Grant, Passaic County, NJ (2013)
- $106,000 Historic Monument Grant, Parking Authority, City of Paterson, NJ (2012)
- Honoree, Outstanding Leadership Role in Public Culture of Los Angeles, California State Assembly Resolution from Entire State Legislature (1999)
- More Than 30 Community, City, County, State Awards, Los Angeles, CA (1972-1998)
- Recipient, Historic Site Preservation Award, New Jersey Historic Preservation Commission (1997)
- Recipient, Bill Pascrell Jr. Award, Mayors Award, Paterson, NJ (1996)
- Recipient, Historic Site Preservation Award, Paterson Historic Preservation Commission (1996)
- Author, Documentation Underground Railroad Essay, Paterson, NJ (1994)
- Author, Memoir, Hidden Roots: When Racism is Stronger Than Love
- Co-author, Dolores and Dr. Flavis Alaya
- Director, “Black Art Exhibition,” City of Los Angeles Festival
- Founder, “Watts Seniors History Exhibition,” Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda
- Recipient, California State Legislature Commendation Award
