Vélez's View

Another summer gone. Lots of changes this year. I started a new position at work in May. I ended a relationship in May as well, and moved to a new place in the Bronx in July. Just settling into a new phase in my life. Right now, as Labor Day Weekend begins, I find things falling into place. I love my new apartment and work is going well. I plan to just enjoy the fall and think about what the future holds for me. I turn 40 in January, so I am reflecting on what the first half of my life has brought me and what I want the second half to look like. Some major decisions will be made within the next year, but for now, I just plan on going with the flow and feeling my new life out for a bit.

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My name is Phillip Luis Velez. I am a native New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent (Nuyorican.)

I was born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx. I went to Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers in lower Manhattan. I received a bachelor’s degree in communication media from the State University of New York at New Paltz and a master’s in corporate communication from Baruch College of The City University of New York.

I am an active alumni member and historian of a prestigious regional and multicultural fraternity in New York State. I am presently employed with the health services division of an ivy league university.