Rhode Island 2023 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H6419 Introduced / Bill

                     
 
 
 
2023 -- H 6419 
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S TATE  OF RHODE IS LAND 
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 
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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N 
EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS 
Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, and Chippendale 
Date Introduced: May 18, 2023 
Referred To: House read and passed 
 
 
WHEREAS, It has been made known to the House that certain persons and organizations 1 
are deserving of commendation; and  2 
Gaspee Days Committee; celebrating the 58
th
 Annual Gaspee Days Proclamation 3 
Ceremony on May 20, 2023 and the continued commitment and dedication to recognize the State 4 
of Rhode Island's historical significance; 5 
Representative McNamara 6 
Joe and Christine Gabriele; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 25
th
 wedding 7 
anniversary; 8 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 9 
Lauren R. Malouin, Quinnipiac University; the outstanding academic achievement of 10 
your graduation from Quinnipiac University with a Master's of Science Molecular and Cell 11 
Biology Degree; 12 
 Representative Lombardi 13 
Natasha B. Connolly, Classical High School; the outstanding achievement and 14 
distinguished honor of winning the Rhode Island Poetry Out Loud State Championship; 15 
 Representative Kislak 16 
Julienne Racine, Scituate High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 17 
achievement of being named Valedictorian of the Scituate High School Class of 2023; 18 
 Representative Quattrocchi  19 
Aria Kriticos, Scituate High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement 20   
 
 
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of being named Salutatorian of the Scituate High School Class of 2023; 1 
 Representative Quattrocchi 2 
DJ Gato; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 3 
 Representative Sanchez 4 
Steven Perez; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 5 
 Representative Sanchez 6 
Miguel Garcia; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 7 
 Representative Sanchez 8 
Roadrunner AP; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 9 
 Representative Sanchez 10 
TDG Yerick; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 11 
 Representative Sanchez 12 
Shaun Dennis; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 13 
 Representative Sanchez 14 
Ahmed Shour; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 15 
 Representative Sanchez 16 
Dwayne Keys; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 17 
 Representative Sanchez 18 
Andrew Peter MacLeod Ells, Boy Scout Troop 121, Hopkinton; the distinction and honor 19 
of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and 20 
dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 21 
 Representative Kennedy 22 
Larimar Abdulraouf, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted 23 
as a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 24 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 25 
Rhode Island; 26 
 Representative O'Brien 27 
Domenic Intrieri, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 28 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 29 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 30 
 Representative O'Brien 31 
Daniel Martinez, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 32 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 33 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 34   
 
 
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 Representative O'Brien 1 
Haley Adams, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 2 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 3 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 4 
 Representative O'Brien 5 
Judy Akid, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 6 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 7 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 8 
 Representative O'Brien 9 
Giavanna Altieri, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 10 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 11 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 12 
 Representative O'Brien 13 
Evan Beausoleil, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 14 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 15 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 16 
 Representative O'Brien 17 
Kendal Beffre, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 18 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 19 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 20 
 Representative O'Brien 21 
Domenic Bonaminao, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted 22 
as a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 23 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 24 
Rhode Island; 25 
 Representative O'Brien 26 
Cameron Brackett, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as 27 
a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 28 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 29 
Rhode Island; 30 
 Representative O'Brien 31 
Nicolas Camacho, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as 32 
a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 33 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 34   
 
 
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Rhode Island; 1 
 Representative O'Brien 2 
Arianna Cardoso, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 3 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 4 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 5 
 Representative O'Brien 6 
Kevin Chen, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 7 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 8 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 9 
 Representative O'Brien 10 
Mendy Chen, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 11 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 12 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 13 
 Representative O'Brien 14 
Brooke Ciancaglini, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted 15 
as a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 16 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 17 
Rhode Island; 18 
 Representative O'Brien 19 
Isabelle Desanges, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as 20 
a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 21 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 22 
Rhode Island; 23 
 Representative O'Brien 24 
Naeelah Desanges, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as 25 
a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 26 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 27 
Rhode Island; 28 
 Representative O'Brien 29 
Jonell English, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 30 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 31 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 32 
 Representative O'Brien 33 
Ava Graves, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 34   
 
 
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Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 1 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 2 
 Representative O'Brien 3 
Luisa Guo, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 4 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 5 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 6 
 Representative O'Brien 7 
Megan Imondi, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 8 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 9 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 10 
 Representative O'Brien 11 
Ella Intrieri, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 12 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 13 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 14 
 Representative O'Brien 15 
Sophie Intrieri, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 16 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 17 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 18 
 Representative O'Brien 19 
Meghan Witt, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 20 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 21 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 22 
 Representative O'Brien 23 
Alisha Zhuang, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 24 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 25 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 26 
 Representative O'Brien 27 
Muhammad Khan, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as 28 
a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 29 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 30 
Rhode Island; 31 
 Representative O'Brien 32 
Emmanuel Lemus, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as 33 
a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 34   
 
 
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dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 1 
Rhode Island; 2 
 Representative O'Brien 3 
Emily Medeiros, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 4 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 5 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 6 
 Representative O'Brien 7 
Ariana Montanaro, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as 8 
a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 9 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 10 
Rhode Island; 11 
 Representative O'Brien 12 
George Nehme, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 13 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 14 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 15 
 Representative O'Brien 16 
Catherine Nicolo, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 17 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 18 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 19 
 Representative O'Brien 20 
Haley Pistacchio, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 21 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 22 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 23 
 Representative O'Brien 24 
Nicandro Pistacchio, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted 25 
as a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 26 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 27 
Rhode Island; 28 
 Representative O'Brien 29 
Noelle Poirier, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 30 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 31 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 32 
 Representative O'Brien 33 
Sophia Rappa, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 34   
 
 
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Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 1 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 2 
 Representative O'Brien 3 
Lauren Riley, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 4 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 5 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 6 
 Representative O'Brien 7 
Daniella Rodrigues, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted 8 
as a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 9 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 10 
Rhode Island; 11 
 Representative O'Brien 12 
Julianna Rodrigues, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as 13 
a Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and 14 
dedication to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, 15 
Rhode Island; 16 
 Representative O'Brien 17 
Katelyn Sherry, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 18 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 19 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 20 
 Representative O'Brien 21 
Ava Sousa, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 22 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 23 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 24 
 Representative O'Brien 25 
Eva St-Germain, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 26 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 27 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 28 
 Representative O'Brien 29 
Melissa Valle, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 30 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 31 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 32 
 Representative O'Brien 33 
Emily Velasquez, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 34   
 
 
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Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 1 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 2 
 Representative O'Brien 3 
Deni Wallick, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 4 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 5 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 6 
 Representative O'Brien 7 
Abigail Whitaker, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 8 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 9 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 10 
 Representative O'Brien 11 
Molly Witt, North Providence Youth Commission; the honor of being inducted as a 12 
Commissioner on the North Providence Youth Commission and your commitment and dedication 13 
to improving the quality of lives for all people in the Town of North Providence, Rhode Island; 14 
 Representative O'Brien 15 
Ariana Witherspoon, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the achievement of 16 
coaching the Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team to the 2023 Middle School 17 
Cheerleading Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State 18 
Championship; 19 
 Representative Serpa 20 
Lindsey Swider, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the achievement of 21 
coaching the Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team to the 2023 Middle School 22 
Cheerleading Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State 23 
Championship; 24 
 Representative Serpa 25 
Ariana Amado, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 26 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 27 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 28 
 Representative Serpa 29 
Innocente Austin, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement 30 
of winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School 31 
Cheerleading Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State 32 
Championship; 33 
 Representative Serpa 34   
 
 
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Mia Campbell, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 1 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 2 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 3 
 Representative Serpa 4 
Chloe Colprit, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 5 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 6 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 7 
 Representative Serpa 8 
Kendall Corona, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 9 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 10 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 11 
 Representative Serpa 12 
Jay'lah Cuinell Boykin, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic 13 
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle 14 
School Cheerleading Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State 15 
Championship; 16 
 Representative Serpa 17 
Leanna Depina, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 18 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 19 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 20 
 Representative Serpa 21 
Aleaha Farrell, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 22 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 23 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 24 
 Representative Serpa 25 
Kenadie Gibson, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 26 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 27 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 28 
 Representative Serpa 29 
Gianna Grenier, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 30 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 31 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 32 
 Representative Serpa 33 
Madison Grover, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 34   
 
 
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winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 1 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 2 
 Representative Serpa 3 
London Hinz, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 4 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 5 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 6 
 Representative Serpa 7 
Jianna Jose, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 8 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 9 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 10 
 Representative Serpa 11 
Arionna Kenney, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 12 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 13 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 14 
 Representative Serpa 15 
Nadia Ledo, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 16 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 17 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 18 
 Representative Serpa 19 
Nevaeh Mazzariello, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic 20 
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle 21 
School Cheerleading Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State 22 
Championship; 23 
 Representative Serpa 24 
Avianna Molavi, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 25 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 26 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 27 
 Representative Serpa 28 
Maya Nava Marciano, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic 29 
achievement of winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle 30 
School Cheerleading Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State 31 
Championship; 32 
 Representative Serpa 33 
Olivia Praileau, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 34   
 
 
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winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 1 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 2 
 Representative Serpa 3 
Shelby Ruge, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 4 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 5 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 6 
 Representative Serpa 7 
Alexis Snowman, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement 8 
of winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School 9 
Cheerleading Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State 10 
Championship; 11 
 Representative Serpa 12 
Sophia Steele, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 13 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 14 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 15 
 Representative Serpa 16 
Gabriela Vargas, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement of 17 
winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School Cheerleading 18 
Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State Championship; 19 
 Representative Serpa 20 
Riley-Ann Waldek, Deering Middle School Cheerleading Team; the athletic achievement 21 
of winning the Rhode Island Cheerleading Coaches Association 2023 Middle School 22 
Cheerleading Large Division Championship and the 2023 overall Middle School State 23 
Championship; 24 
 Representative Serpa 25 
Luke Sparks Abrahamson, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and 26 
outstanding academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten 27 
Student; 28 
 Representative Ackerman 29 
Lauren W. Azmy, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and outstanding 30 
academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 31 
 Representative Ackerman 32 
Oskar Caldarone, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and outstanding 33 
academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 34   
 
 
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 Representative Ackerman 1 
Matthew Scott Connors, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and 2 
outstanding academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten 3 
Student; 4 
 Representative Ackerman 5 
Jacob Eli Grossman, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and outstanding 6 
academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 7 
 Representative Ackerman 8 
Yiru Liu, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and outstanding academic 9 
achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten Student; 10 
 Representative Ackerman 11 
Brady Thomas Mellen, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and 12 
outstanding academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten 13 
Student; 14 
 Representative Ackerman 15 
Kacper Lukasz Paprocki, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and 16 
outstanding academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten 17 
Student; 18 
 Representative Ackerman 19 
Jillian Melody Reeve, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and 20 
outstanding academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten 21 
Student; 22 
 Representative Ackerman 23 
Alena Colette Mericle Wiebe, Lincoln High School Class of 2023; the distinction and 24 
outstanding academic achievement of being named a Lincoln High School Class of 2023 Top Ten 25 
Student; 26 
 Representative Ackerman 27 
Sydney Green, St. Andrew's School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 28 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 29 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 30 
 Representative Boylan 31 
Sophia Ford, Barrington High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 32 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 33 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 34   
 
 
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 Representative Boylan 1 
Samuel Barber, Barrington High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 2 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 3 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 4 
 Representative Boylan 5 
Eva Laroche, East Providence High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the 6 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 7 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 8 
 Representative Boylan 9 
Damarys Nunez, Rhode Island College Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 10 
achievement of your graduation from Rhode Island College Class of 2023; 11 
 Representative Slater 12 
Makayla Boxell, Middletown High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the 13 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 14 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 15 
 Representative McGaw 16 
Keira Boxell, Middletown High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 17 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 18 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 19 
 Representative McGaw 20 
Andrew David Chiariello, Jr., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Class of 2023; the 21 
outstanding academic achievement of your graduation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 22 
University Class of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Science; 23 
 Representative Azzinaro 24 
Thomas-Lee D. Lumpkins; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 25 
 Representative Sanchez 26 
Masheratti Lounge; your commitment and outstanding service for the people of the State 27 
of Rhode Island; 28 
 Representative Sanchez 29 
Alberto Fierro Garza, Mexico's Consul General in Boston, MA; your commitment and 30 
hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 31 
 Representative Sanchez 32 
Mexico Consul General of Boston and the federal Mexican government; your 33 
commitment and outstanding service for the people of the State of Rhode Island; 34   
 
 
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 Representative Sanchez 1 
Hector Zavala, Consulate of Mexico in Boston; the distinguished honor of your visit to 2 
the State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island House of Representatives on May 11, 2023; 3 
 Representatives Morales and Sanchez 4 
Jose Eliseo Ramirez, Consulate of Mexico in Boston; the distinguished honor of your 5 
visit to the State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island House of Representatives on May 11, 6 
2023; 7 
 Representatives Morales and Sanchez 8 
James McCarron, St. George's School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 9 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 10 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 11 
 Representative McGaw 12 
Eillish Condon, Tiverton High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 13 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 14 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 15 
 Representative McGaw 16 
Cameron Lambert, Tiverton High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the 17 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 18 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 19 
 Representative McGaw 20 
Jacob Santiago, RI Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School; the distinction 21 
and honor of receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding 22 
commitment and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic 23 
achievement; 24 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 25 
Samantha Tamayo, RI Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School; the 26 
distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your 27 
outstanding commitment and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and 28 
academic achievement; 29 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 30 
Jacqueline Joly, Highlander Charter School; the distinction and honor of receiving the 31 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 32 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 33 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 34   
 
 
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Dylan Brouillette, William E. Tolman Senior High School; the distinction and honor of 1 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 2 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 3 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 4 
Natalia Alvarado, William E. Tolman Senior High School; the distinction and honor of 5 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 6 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 7 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 8 
Layla Charron, Blackstone Academy Charter School; the distinction and honor of 9 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 10 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 11 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 12 
Hunter Roman, Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing & Visual Arts; the 13 
distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your 14 
outstanding commitment and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and 15 
academic achievement; 16 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 17 
Sarah Sousa, Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing & Visual Arts; the 18 
distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your 19 
outstanding commitment and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and 20 
academic achievement; 21 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 22 
Gleneris Santos, Charles E. Shea High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the 23 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 24 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 25 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 26 
Evelise Barros, Charles E. Shea High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the 27 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 28 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 29 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 30 
Alejandro Zuluaga, Blackstone Valley Prep High School; the distinction and honor of 31 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 32 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 33 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 34   
 
 
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Gezibella Soto, Blackstone Valley Prep High School; the distinction and honor of 1 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 2 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 3 
 Representatives Felix, Henries, Cruz, Shallcross Smith and Stewart 4 
Emily Cruz, St. Patrick School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 Rhode 5 
Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary dedication to 6 
civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 7 
 Representative Giraldo 8 
Sharbel Mikhail, St. Raphael Academy; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 9 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 10 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 11 
 Representative Giraldo 12 
Damanti O'Connel, The Greene School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 13 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 14 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 15 
 Representative Giraldo 16 
Alondra Santos-Godinez, Central Falls Senior High School; the distinction and honor of 17 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 18 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 19 
 Representative Giraldo 20 
Elijah Nunez, Cental Falls Senior High School; the distinction and honor of receiving the 21 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 22 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 23 
 Representative Giraldo 24 
Boluwatife Favour Akinnagbe, Blackstone Academy Charter School; the distinction and 25 
honor of receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding 26 
commitment and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic 27 
achievement; 28 
 Representative Giraldo 29 
Jully Myrthil, The Regional Career and Technical Center at Coventry High School; the 30 
distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your 31 
outstanding commitment and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and 32 
academic achievement; 33 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 34   
 
 
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Timothy Yean, Cranston High School East; the distinction and honor of receiving the 1 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 2 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 3 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 4 
Sarah Jean Sainristil, Cranston High School East; the distinction and honor of receiving 5 
the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and 6 
exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 7 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 8 
Andres Morales, St. Patrick School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 9 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 10 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 11 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 12 
Ari Steinberg, St. Andrew's School; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 13 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 14 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 15 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 16 
Peter Vachon, Cranston High School West; the distinction and honor of receiving the 17 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 18 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 19 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 20 
Christian Mak, Cranston Area Career Technical Center; the distinction and honor of 21 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 22 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 23 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 24 
Talia Petit, Cranston Area Career Technical Center; the distinction and honor of 25 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 26 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 27 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 28 
Gianni Ciccarelli, NEL/CPS Construction Career Academy; the distinction and honor of 29 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 30 
and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 31 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 32 
Marisa Gould, NEL/CPS Construction Career Academy; the distinction and honor of 33 
receiving the "2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment 34   
 
 
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and exemplary dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 1 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 2 
Thea Marses, Cranston High School West; the distinction and honor of receiving the 3 
"2023 Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 4 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 5 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 6 
Clare Bradley, St. Raphael Academy; the distinction and honor of receiving the "2023 7 
Rhode Island Civic Leadership Award" for your outstanding commitment and exemplary 8 
dedication to civic engagement, community service and academic achievement; 9 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 10 
Julia I. Martins, The Greene School; the prestigious honor of being named a "2023 11 
United States Presidential Scholar" for your commitment to academic excellence, community 12 
service and leadership; 13 
 Representative Roberts 14 
Zachary Phillips, River Ridge High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 15 
achievement of your graduation on May 25, 2023 from River Ridge High School Class of 2023 16 
and the distinction of receiving a Lamp of Knowledge for maintaining a 3.5 GPA; 17 
 Representative Phillips 18 
Richard Banks, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 19 
achievement of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 20 
 Representative Serpa 21 
Isabella Cerbo, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 22 
achievement of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 23 
 Representative Serpa 24 
Rocco Delsanto, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 25 
achievement of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 26 
 Representative Serpa 27 
Kristopher Furbay, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 28 
achievement of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 29 
 Representative Serpa 30 
C. Gosnold, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement of 31 
your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 32 
 Representative Serpa 33 
Drew Iannitti, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement 34   
 
 
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of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 1 
 Representative Serpa 2 
Gianna Irving, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement 3 
of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 4 
 Representative Serpa 5 
Ariana Lambert, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 6 
achievement of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 7 
 Representative Serpa 8 
Julia Lepore, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement 9 
of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 10 
 Representative Serpa 11 
David Loffler, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement 12 
of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 13 
 Representative Serpa 14 
Aleena Lopez, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement 15 
of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 16 
 Representative Serpa 17 
Olivia Mallette, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 18 
achievement of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 19 
 Representative Serpa 20 
Leah Poulin, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement 21 
of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 22 
 Representative Serpa 23 
Canela Rodriguez, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 24 
achievement of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 25 
 Representative Serpa 26 
Norah Sun, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic achievement of 27 
your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 28 
 Representative Serpa 29 
Elizabeth Sweetland, Saint Joseph School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 30 
achievement of your graduation from Saint Joseph School Class of 2023 on June 1, 2023; 31 
 Representative Serpa 32 
Perla Grullon, Rhode Island College Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 33 
achievement of your graduation from the Rhode Island College Class of 2023 with a Master's in 34   
 
 
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Professional Accountancy Degree; 1 
 Representative Batista 2 
Nicole Grullon, Rhode Island College Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 3 
achievement of your graduation from the Rhode Island College Class of 2023 with a Bachelor's 4 
of Science Degree; 5 
 Representative Batista 6 
Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School; your outstanding commitment and dedication to 7 
increasing AP access, participation and the success for all of your students; 8 
 Representative McNamara 9 
Ponaganset High School; your outstanding commitment and dedication to increasing AP 10 
access, participation and the success for all of your students; 11 
 Representative McNamara 12 
North Providence High School; your outstanding commitment and dedication to 13 
increasing AP access, participation and the success for all of your students; 14 
 Representative McNamara 15 
Central Falls High School; your outstanding commitment and dedication to increasing 16 
AP access, participation and the success for all of your students; 17 
 Representative McNamara 18 
William M. Davies, Jr. Career and Technical High School; your outstanding commitment 19 
and dedication to increasing AP access, participation and the success for all of your students; 20 
 Representative McNamara 21 
Lisa D'Ambra, Executive Director, Rhode Island Brain & Spine Tumor Foundation; 22 
Rhode Island Brain & Spine Tumor Foundation Day at the Rhode Island House of 23 
Representatives and your commitment to improve supports for patients, families and providers 24 
through education and research; 25 
 Representative Vella-Wilkson 26 
Charlie Curci, Johnston High School Class of 2023; the outstanding academic 27 
achievement of receiving the 2023 Portuguese/American Scholarship in Memory of Anthony 28 
Bento; 29 
 Representative Fellela 30 
Evan and Cassidy Choquette; the joyous and momentous occasion of the birth of your 31 
baby Arlo Choquette; 32 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 33 
Alana Almonte and Team Anchored Soul; celebrating the 2
nd
 year Anniversary of 34   
 
 
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Anchored Soul in Pawtuxet Village and recognizing your commitment to embody the energetic 1 
and spiritual work that brings positive healing for the people of Rhode Island; 2 
 Representative Fenton-Fung 3 
Jankairy Goris Ramirez, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of 4 
your successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 5 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 6 
 Representative McNamara 7 
Marco Lima, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 8 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 9 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 10 
 Representative McNamara 11 
Alexander Lo, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 12 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 13 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 14 
 Representative McNamara 15 
Larissa Manengeri, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 16 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 17 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 18 
 Representative McNamara 19 
Zoe Massaquoi, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 20 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 21 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 22 
 Representative McNamara 23 
Urooj Nasir, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 24 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 25 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 26 
 Representative McNamara 27 
Temitayo Olawuyi, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 28 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 29 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 30 
 Representative McNamara 31 
David Omomowo, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 32 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 33 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 34   
 
 
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 Representative McNamara 1 
Alfred Omondi, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 2 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 3 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 4 
 Representative McNamara 5 
Mariah Pena, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 6 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 7 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 8 
 Representative McNamara 9 
Susana Perez, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 10 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 11 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 12 
 Representative McNamara 13 
Anphelia Teage, Times 2 Academy; the outstanding academic achievement of your 14 
successful completion from the RI Department of Education, Providence Public School 15 
Department and the Community College of Rhode Island "2023 Accelerate Program"; 16 
 Representative McNamara 17 
Harry Dolan, Boy Scout Troop 4, Gaspee Plateau; the distinction and honor of attaining 18 
the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the 19 
values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 20 
 Representative McNamara 21 
Benjamin Fontaine, Boy Scout Troop 4, Gaspee Plateau; the distinction and honor of 22 
attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and 23 
dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 24 
 Representative McNamara 25 
Matthew Weeden, Boy Scout Troop 4, Gaspee Plateau; the distinction and honor of 26 
attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and 27 
dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 28 
 Representative McNamara 29 
Samuel Paolino, Boy Scout Troop 4, Gaspee Plateau; the distinction and honor of 30 
attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and 31 
dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 32 
 Representative McNamara 33 
Nicholas Maroni, Boy Scout Troop 4, Gaspee Plateau; the distinction and honor of 34   
 
 
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attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and 1 
dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness; 2 
 Representative McNamara 3 
Rhode Island Yacht Club; celebrating Commissioning Day at the Rhode Island Yacht 4 
Club on June 3, 2023; 5 
 Representative McNamara 6 
Cheryl Ann Ali; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 3, 7 
2023; 8 
 Representative Kennedy 9 
Margaret A. Caster; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 10 
28, 2023; 11 
 Representative Kennedy 12 
Alexandra N. Chase; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 13 
19, 2023; 14 
 Representative Kennedy 15 
Kathleen Alyce Comforti; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on 16 
June 27, 2023; 17 
 Representative Kennedy 18 
Karen L. Cottle; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 14, 19 
2023; 20 
 Representative Kennedy 21 
Joseph O. Dipalma; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 22 
24, 2023; 23 
 Representative Kennedy 24 
Ismael Flores, Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 8, 25 
2023; 26 
 Representative Kennedy 27 
Mark A. Hill; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 30, 28 
2023; 29 
 Representative Kennedy 30 
Joanne Johnson; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 3, 31 
2023; 32 
 Representative Kennedy 33 
Kathy L. Lowe; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 25, 34   
 
 
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2023; 1 
 Representative Kennedy 2 
 3 
Andrea F. Nardone; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 5, 2023; 4 
 Representative Kennedy 5 
Muriel M. Potts; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 11, 6 
2023; 7 
 Representative Kennedy 8 
Kristine J. Powell; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 9 
22, 2023; 10 
 Representative Kennedy 11 
Robert S. Redinger; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 12 
19, 2023; 13 
 Representative Kennedy 14 
Ronald J. Rewick; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 15 
28, 2023; 16 
 Representative Kennedy 17 
Steven D. Wreford; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 65
th
 Birthday on June 18 
16, 2023; 19 
 Representative Kennedy 20 
Janet Aiello; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 20, 21 
2023; 22 
 Representative Kennedy 23 
Angela Jane Algier; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 24 
29, 2023; 25 
 Representative Kennedy 26 
Henry H. Crider, Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 27 
23, 2023; 28 
 Representative Kennedy 29 
Sharon G. Desarro; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 30 
11, 2023; 31 
 Representative Kennedy 32 
Louis C. Fournier; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 33 
19, 2023; 34   
 
 
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 Representative Kennedy 1 
Jeannie Marie Gingerella-Cabigting; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 2 
Birthday on June 19, 2023; 3 
 Representative Kennedy 4 
Elizabeth A. Griffin; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 5 
11, 2023; 6 
 Representative Kennedy 7 
William F. Grove; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 8, 8 
2023; 9 
 Representative Kennedy 10 
John Lang; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 15, 2023; 11 
 Representative Kennedy 12 
Deborah Ann Longo; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 13 
13, 2023; 14 
 Representative Kennedy 15 
Samuel Stephen Lopriore, Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday 16 
on June 15, 2023; 17 
 Representative Kennedy 18 
James J. Montey; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 3, 19 
2023; 20 
 Representative Kennedy 21 
Susan Marie Kennedy; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on 22 
June 13, 2023; 23 
 Representative Kennedy 24 
Joan E. Whitman; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 25 
13, 2023; 26 
 Representative Kennedy 27 
Jacquelyn M. Miranda; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on 28 
June 2, 2023; 29 
 Representative Kennedy 30 
James L. Murray; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 5, 31 
2023; 32 
 Representative Kennedy 33 
Susan Catherine Nelligan; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on 34   
 
 
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June 1, 2023; 1 
 Representative Kennedy 2 
Milagros Rodriguez; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 3 
17, 2023; 4 
 Representative Kennedy 5 
Brenda S. Smyth; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 10, 6 
2023; 7 
 Representative Kennedy 8 
Debra I. Wilcox; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 2, 9 
2023; 10 
 Representative Kennedy 11 
Kathy A. York; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 70
th
 Birthday on June 5, 12 
2023; 13 
 Representative Kennedy 14 
Katherine A. Aiello; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on June 15 
12, 2023; 16 
 Representative Kennedy 17 
Wallace E. Davis, Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on 18 
June 25, 2023; 19 
 Representative Kennedy 20 
Jeanne M. Donato; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on June 6, 21 
2023; 22 
 Representative Kennedy 23 
Ronald S. Donley; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on June 24 
30, 2023; 25 
 Representative Kennedy 26 
Marilyn Attwater Grant; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on 27 
June 11, 2023; 28 
 Representative Kennedy 29 
Nancy Rose Lewis; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on June 30 
30, 2023; 31 
 Representative Kennedy 32 
Edward F. Parnigoni, Jr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on 33 
June 30, 2023; 34   
 
 
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 Representative Kennedy 1 
Pamela E. Perry; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on June 17, 2 
2023; 3 
 Representative Kennedy 4 
Robert Y. Schonenberg; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on 5 
June 19, 2023; 6 
 Representative Kennedy 7 
Linda M. Serio; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on June 10, 8 
2023; 9 
 Representative Kennedy 10 
Mary Ann Rose Santoro; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on 11 
June 5, 2023; 12 
 Representative Kennedy 13 
Shirley A. Jervis; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 75
th
 Birthday on June 9, 14 
2023; 15 
 Representative Kennedy 16 
Ronald Rodrigues Dossantos; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday 17 
on June 23, 2023; 18 
 Representative Kennedy 19 
Kevin G. Dwyer; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on June 28, 20 
2023; 21 
 Representative Kennedy 22 
John Hilton Hamm; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on June 23 
11, 2023; 24 
 Representative Kennedy 25 
Anthony E. Hindle; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on June 26 
18, 2023; 27 
 Representative Kennedy 28 
Harry Richard Luppe; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on 29 
June 20, 2023; 30 
 Representative Kennedy 31 
Charles W. Maine; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on June 32 
12, 2023; 33 
 Representative Kennedy 34   
 
 
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Dolores Ann Palmieri; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on 1 
June 5, 2023; 2 
 Representative Kennedy 3 
John J. Ryan; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on June 20, 4 
2023; 5 
 Representative Kennedy 6 
Richard Sousa; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on June 29, 7 
2023; 8 
 Representative Kennedy 9 
Michael L. Topham; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 80
th
 Birthday on June 10 
27, 2023; 11 
 Representative Kennedy 12 
June M. Kipp; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 90
th
 Birthday on June 16, 13 
2023; 14 
 Representative Kennedy 15 
Dorothy A. Reynolds; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 90
th
 Birthday on 16 
June 24, 2023; 17 
 Representative Kennedy 18 
Lloyd E. Cook, Sr.; the joyous and momentous celebration of you 95
th
 Birthday on June 19 
10, 2023; 20 
 Representative Kennedy 21 
Antonio Santilli, State of Rhode Island; your retirement after many years of dedicated 22 
and faithful service to the people of the State of Rhode Island as an Engineering technician IV for 23 
the Rhode Island Department of Transportation; 24 
 Speaker Shekarchi 25 
The Beauty Lounge Salon; the joyous occasion of celebrating the Grand Opening of The 26 
Beauty Lounge Salon in Providence, RI; 27 
 Representative Sanchez 28 
Bleemworld Mexicano; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 29 
 Representative Sanchez 30 
Bonnie Piekarski; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 31 
 Representative Sanchez 32 
La Mariscada Restaurant; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 33 
 Representative Sanchez 34   
 
 
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Alex Guzman; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 1 
 Representative Sanchez 2 
La Esquina Colombiana Bar and Grille; your commitment and hard work in the State of 3 
Rhode Island; 4 
 Representative Sanchez 5 
Angelica Ruiz; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode Island; 6 
 Representative Sanchez 7 
Maria Teresa, Belleza y Salud; your commitment and hard work in the State of Rhode 8 
Island; 9 
 Representative Sanchez 10 
Warwick Lodge No. 7, Fraternal Order of Police; the 54
th
 Annual Police Memorial 11 
Service on May 21, 2023, honoring the law enforcement officers who have sacrificed their lives 12 
and those who continue to protect the people of the City of Warwick; 13 
 Speaker Shekarchi 14 
Mary Varr, Executive Director Woonsocket Head Start Child Development Association; 15 
always going above and beyond to building partnerships with families and the community 16 
through Comprehensive Early Childhood Education that improves the lifelong success for all of 17 
the children that you serve;  18 
 Representative Diaz  19 
Christian Arena, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 20 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 21 
School on June 17, 2023;  22 
 Representative Hull 23 
Jayden Nirandone, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 24 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 25 
School on June 17, 2023;  26 
 Representative Hull 27 
Constance Aba Walo, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 28 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 29 
School on June 17, 2023;  30 
 Representative Hull 31 
Elicio Alvarez, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 32 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 33 
2023;  34   
 
 
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 Representative Hull 1 
Aiden Arroyo, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 2 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 3 
2023;  4 
 Representative Hull 5 
Jalexia Avalo, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 6 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 7 
2023;  8 
 Representative Hull 9 
I'Nayajah Burdick, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 10 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 11 
School on June 17, 2023;  12 
 Representative Hull 13 
Caylynn Cameron, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 14 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 15 
School on June 17, 2023;  16 
 Representative Hull 17 
Jorge Daniel Deleon Chachon, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding 18 
academic achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View 19 
Elementary School on June 17, 2023;  20 
 Representative Hull 21 
Raymond Delorenzo-Turchetta, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding 22 
academic achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View 23 
Elementary School on June 17, 2023;  24 
 Representative Hull 25 
Jordan Dunn, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 26 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 27 
2023;  28 
 Representative Hull 29 
Roger Elwell, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 30 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 31 
2023;  32 
 Representative Hull 33 
Victoria Gonzalez Ovalle, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 34   
 
 
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achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 1 
School on June 17, 2023;  2 
 Representative Hull 3 
Angeca Labissiere, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 4 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 5 
School on June 17, 2023;  6 
 Representative Hull 7 
Aaliyah Linval, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 8 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 9 
School on June 17, 2023;  10 
 Representative Hull 11 
Jaelyani Menjivar, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 12 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 13 
School on June 17, 2023;  14 
 Representative Hull 15 
Artavious Monteiro, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 16 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 17 
School on June 17, 2023;  18 
 Representative Hull 19 
Ezra Nah, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement of 20 
Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 21 
2023;  22 
 Representative Hull 23 
Aaliyah Ortoleva, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 24 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 25 
School on June 17, 2023;  26 
 Representative Hull 27 
Sergio Rosales, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 28 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 29 
School on June 17, 2023;  30 
 Representative Hull 31 
Jeffrey Santos, Jr., Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 32 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 33 
School on June 17, 2023;  34   
 
 
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 Representative Hull 1 
Ulises Sosa, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement of 2 
Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 3 
2023;  4 
 Representative Hull 5 
Elizabeth Vang, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 6 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 7 
School on June 17, 2023;  8 
 Representative Hull 9 
Jazzell Whales, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 10 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 11 
School on June 17, 2023;  12 
 Representative Hull 13 
Draviona Abney, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 14 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 15 
School on June 17, 2023;  16 
 Representative Hull 17 
Juan Barona, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 18 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 19 
2023;  20 
 Representative Hull   21 
Tonitah Brown, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 22 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 23 
School on June 17, 2023;  24 
 Representative Hull   25 
Melissa Chan, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 26 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 27 
2023;  28 
 Representative Hull   29 
Jesus Franco, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 30 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 31 
2023;  32 
 Representative Hull   33 
Benjamin Garcia, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 34   
 
 
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achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 1 
School on June 17, 2023;  2 
 Representative Hull   3 
Marcus Gibbs, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 4 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 5 
2023;  6 
 Representative Hull   7 
Arcadia McGinn, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 8 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 9 
School on June 17, 2023;  10 
 Representative Hull   11 
Luis Nolasco Rodriguez, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 12 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 13 
School on June 17, 2023;  14 
 Representative Hull   15 
Jonathan Ortega, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 16 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 17 
School on June 17, 2023;  18 
 Representative Hull   19 
Adrian Portillo, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 20 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 21 
School on June 17, 2023;  22 
 Representative Hull   23 
Jayla Ramirez, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 24 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 25 
2023;  26 
 Representative Hull   27 
Nayeli Sanchez, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 28 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 29 
School on June 17, 2023;  30 
 Representative Hull   31 
Jayson Santiago-Pineda, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 32 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 33 
School on June 17, 2023;  34   
 
 
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 Representative Hull   1 
Nori Sok, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement of 2 
Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 3 
2023;  4 
 Representative Hull   5 
Doris Vasquez Carranza, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 6 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 7 
School on June 17, 2023;  8 
 Representative Hull   9 
Nelmarie Vega, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 10 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 11 
School on June 17, 2023;  12 
 Representative Hull   13 
Oscar Velasquez Rosa, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic 14 
achievement of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary 15 
School on June 17, 2023;  16 
 Representative Hull   17 
Ashley Zavala, Pleasant View Elementary School; the outstanding academic achievement 18 
of Moving Up from the 5th Grade Class of 2023 at Pleasant View Elementary School on June 17, 19 
2023;  20 
 Representative Hull   21 
Denzel Allotey, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic achievement 22 
of successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  23 
 Representative O'Brien  24 
Farah Awad, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 25 
successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  26 
 Representative O'Brien  27 
Nicolas Camacho, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic achievement 28 
of successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  29 
 Representative O'Brien  30 
Alanis Garcia, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 31 
successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  32 
 Representative O'Brien  33 
Christian Hazard, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic achievement 34   
 
 
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of successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  1 
 Representative O'Brien  2 
Yassin Joof, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 3 
successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  4 
 Representative O'Brien  5 
Julianna Rodrigues, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic 6 
achievement of successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  7 
 Representative O'Brien  8 
Zoe Sekasula, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic achievement of 9 
successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  10 
 Representative O'Brien  11 
Jalen Tomlinson, North Providence High School; the outstanding academic achievement 12 
of successfully completing the 2023 P-Tech Healthcare Pathway Program;  13 
 Representative O'Brien  14 
Robbin E. Boelter, RN, BSN (Patient Care Coordinator) State of Rhode Island; your 15 
retirement after more than 31 years of dedicated and faithful service to the people of the State of 16 
Rhode Island as a staff member at Ladd School and the Chief Judge Robert F. Arrigan 17 
Rehabilitation Center;  18 
 Representative Craven   19 
Pamela Gesualdi, the joyous and momentous celebration of your 60th Birthday on May 20 
17, 2023;  21 
 Representative Fellela  22 
Anais Lust, East Providence High School; the honor of receiving the East Providence 23 
Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for going above 24 
and beyond to provide direct assistance, friendship, and encouragement to a student with special 25 
needs;  26 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 27 
Emma O'Connell, Waddington Elementary School; the honor of receiving the East 28 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 29 
going above and beyond to provide direct assistance, friendship, and encouragement to a student 30 
with special needs;  31 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 32 
Erin McLaughlin, East Providence High School; the honor of receiving the East 33 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 34   
 
 
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going above and beyond to provide direct assistance, friendship, and encouragement to a student 1 
with special needs;  2 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 3 
Jayden Delgado, East Providence High School; the honor of receiving the East 4 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 5 
going above and beyond to provide direct assistance, friendship, and encouragement to a student 6 
with special needs;  7 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 8 
Emily Butterworth, Myron J. Francis Elementary School; the honor of receiving the East 9 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 10 
going above and beyond to provide direct assistance, friendship, and encouragement to a student 11 
with special needs;  12 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 13 
Connor Crowley, Myron J. Francis Elementary School; the honor of receiving the East 14 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 15 
going above and beyond to provide direct assistance, friendship, and encouragement to a student 16 
with special needs;  17 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 18 
Jordyn Forrest, Waddington Elementary School; the honor of receiving the East 19 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 20 
going above and beyond to provide direct assistance, friendship, and encouragement to a student 21 
with special needs;  22 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 23 
 24 
Jacob Suazo, Martin Middle School; the honor of receiving the East Providence Local 25 
Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for going above and 26 
beyond to provide direct assistance, friendship, and encouragement to a student with special 27 
needs;  28 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 29 
Abigail Jaffa, Educator, Silver Spring Elementary School; the honor of receiving the East 30 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 31 
your outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices which encourage 32 
achievement and participation;  33 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 34   
 
 
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John Turbitt, History Teacher, East Providence High School; the honor of receiving the 1 
East Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 2 
your outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices which encourage 3 
achievement and participation;  4 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 5 
Kelly Gillis, MLL, Myron J. Francis Elementary School; the honor of receiving the East 6 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 7 
your outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices which encourage 8 
achievement and participation;  9 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 10 
Mary Paco, Para Professional, East Providence High School; the honor of receiving the 11 
East Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for 12 
your outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices which encourage 13 
achievement and participation;  14 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 15 
Mike Martins, Para Professional, East Providence High School; the honor of receiving 16 
the East Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" 17 
for your outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices which encourage 18 
achievement and participation;  19 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 20 
Brian Petsch, Dean, Riverside Middle School; the honor of receiving the East Providence 21 
Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for your 22 
outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices which encourage achievement 23 
and participation;  24 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 25 
Martin Unified Basketball Team, Inclusion Program, Martin Middle School; the honor of 26 
receiving the East Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 27 
Recognition Award" for your outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices 28 
which encourage achievement and participation;  29 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 30 
East Providence High School Unified Team, Kristin Coutoulakis and Dana Brodin; the 31 
honor of receiving the East Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 32 
Recognition Award" for your outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices 33 
which encourage achievement and participation;  34   
 
 
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  Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 1 
Ocean State Academy, Community Resource; the honor of receiving the East Providence 2 
Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Recognition Award" for your 3 
outstanding service and demonstrating unique teaching practices which encourage achievement 4 
and participation;  5 
  Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 6 
Kristin Carriero, East Providence High School Educator; being inducted into the East 7 
Providence Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Wall of Fame" at the 15th 8 
Annual Special Needs Recognition Program Awards for your contributions to special needs 9 
students;   10 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 11 
Cara Midgley, Community Resource, being inducted into the East Providence Local 12 
Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Wall of Fame" at the 15th Annual Special 13 
Needs Recognition Program Awards for your contributions to special needs students;   14 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 15 
Kim Forrest, Orlo Avenue School SEL Team; being inducted into the East Providence 16 
Local Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Wall of Fame" at the 15th Annual 17 
Special Needs Recognition Program Awards for your contributions to special needs students;   18 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 19 
Lis Pita, Orlo Avenue School SEL Team; being inducted into the East Providence Local 20 
Advisory Committee for Special Education "2023 Wall of Fame" at the 15th Annual Special 21 
Needs Recognition Program Awards for your contributions to special needs students;   22 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 23 
Shane Lavin; the honor of receiving the East Providence Local Advisory Committee for 24 
Special Education "2023 Kindness Award" at the 15th Annual Special Needs Recognition 25 
Program Awards;  26 
 Representatives Kazarian, Dawson, Henries and Boylan 27 
Dr. Gregory Stepka, DMD; your one year term of outstanding and distinguished service 28 
as President of the Rhode Island Dental Association Board of Trustees;  29 
 Speaker Shekarchi  30 
Dr. Frederick A. Hartman, DMD; the distinguished honor of being named President of 31 
the Rhode Island Dental Association Board of Trustees;   32 
 Speaker Shekarchi  33 
Dr. Steven A. Brown, DMD; your outstanding and dedicated service as the Long-term 34   
 
 
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delegate of the Rhode Island Dental Association;  1 
 Speaker Shekarchi  2 
Dr. Paul Calitri, DMD; your distinguished honor of being named as the next long-term 3 
delegate of the Rhode Island Dental Association;  4 
 Speaker Shekarchi  5 
Dr. Joseph J. Box, DDS; the joyous and momentous occasion of your 100th Birthday;  6 
 Speaker Shekarchi  7 
Gwendolyn Ruffolo; the distinguished honor and artistic achievement of Placing 1st in 8 
the Congressional "Artistic Discovery" High School Art Competition;   9 
 Representative Casimiro  10 
Jacqueline Blair; the distinguished honor and artistic achievement of Placing 1st in the 11 
Senatorial "Artistic Discovery" High School Art Competition;   12 
 Representative Casimiro  13 
Olivia Wood; the distinguished honor and artistic achievement of Placing 3rd in the 14 
Senatorial "Artistic Discovery" High School Art Competition;   15 
 Representative Casimiro  16 
Lily Hannuksela; the distinguished honor and artistic achievement of Honorable Mention 17 
in the Senatorial "Artistic Discovery" High School Art Competition;   18 
 Representative Casimiro  19 
Rufus Abdullah; sharing your outstanding wildlife photography at the Mt. Pleasant 20 
Library Spring Art Exhibit and participating in an Artist Talk;  21 
 Representative Morales  22 
Izzy Rodriguez aka "ItsBagHead"; sharing your outstanding creative street photography 23 
at the Mt. Pleasant Library Spring Art Exhibit and participating in an Artist Talk;  24 
   Representative Morales  25 
Eric Beradis; sharing your outstanding "horror" at the Mt. Pleasant Library Spring Art 26 
Exhibit and participating in an Artist Talk;  27 
   Representative Morales  28 
Kayley G. Babcock, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 29 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  30 
 Representative Ackerman 31 
Kaitlyn O. Berger, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 32 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  33 
 Representative Ackerman 34   
 
 
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Lauren T. Blais, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 1 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  2 
 Representative Ackerman 3 
Kaylee L. Bouchard, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 4 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  5 
 Representative Ackerman 6 
William G. Brennan, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 7 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  8 
 Representative Ackerman 9 
Camila C. Brito, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 10 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  11 
 Representative Ackerman 12 
Grace E. Carr, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 13 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  14 
 Representative Ackerman 15 
Sophia G. Castiglia, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 16 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  17 
 Representative Ackerman 18 
Sarah T. Collemer, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 19 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  20 
 Representative Ackerman 21 
Natalie G. Condon, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 22 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  23 
 Representative Ackerman 24 
Kendall M. Cournoyer, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding 25 
academic achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  26 
 Representative Ackerman 27 
Jackson L. Diehl, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 28 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  29 
 Representative Ackerman 30 
Zephaniah M. Dolo-Bass, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding 31 
academic achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  32 
 Representative Ackerman 33 
Peyton E. Ferry, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 34   
 
 
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achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  1 
 Representative Ackerman 2 
Mason W. Foss, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 3 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  4 
 Representative Ackerman 5 
Catherine L. Galgay, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 6 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  7 
 Representative Ackerman 8 
Ellie G. Gaudreau, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 9 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  10 
 Representative Ackerman 11 
Delaney M. Goggin, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 12 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  13 
 Representative Ackerman 14 
Colin D. Hyland, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 15 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  16 
 Representative Ackerman 17 
Lily J. Iwuc, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 18 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  19 
 Representative Ackerman 20 
Skyler E. Kaplan, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 21 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  22 
 Representative Ackerman 23 
Brianna E. Landry, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 24 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  25 
 Representative Ackerman 26 
Angelica D. Le, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 27 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  28 
 Representative Ackerman 29 
Jordan E. Leach, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 30 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  31 
 Representative Ackerman 32 
Joelle Madour, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 33 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  34   
 
 
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 Representative Ackerman 1 
Victoria H. Milligan, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 2 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  3 
 Representative Ackerman 4 
Callie M. Pepin, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 5 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  6 
 Representative Ackerman 7 
Alexia Pereira-Amaral, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding 8 
academic achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  9 
 Representative Ackerman 10 
Emma G. Peterson, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 11 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  12 
 Representative Ackerman 13 
James H. Petrich, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 14 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  15 
 Representative Ackerman 16 
Colin J. Railey, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 17 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  18 
 Representative Ackerman 19 
Troy R. Senn, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 20 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  21 
 Representative Ackerman 22 
NaKiya T. Walker, Cumberland High School; the distinction and outstanding academic 23 
achievement of being named a Cumberland High School Distinguished Scholar 2023;  24 
 Representative Ackerman 25 
Susanna K. Henderson, Salutatorian, Cumberland High School; the distinguished honor 26 
and academic achievement of being named of the Cumberland High School Class of 2023 and 27 
being named a Distinguished Scholar 2023;  28 
 Representative Ackerman  29 
Orion T. Le, Valedictorian, Cumberland High School; the distinguished honor and 30 
academic achievement of being named of the Cumberland High School Class of 2023 and being 31 
named a Distinguished Scholar 2023;  32 
 Representative Ackerman 33 
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT 34   
 
 
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons 1 
and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for 2 
continued good fortune; and be it further  3 
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to 4 
transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid.  5 
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