Hispanic nonprofit exec Nilda Alvarez dies
Photo credit: Newsday/Bill Davis | Nilda Alvarez of Brentwood as Grand Marshal of Adelante's 38th Annual Puerto Rican-Hispanic Day Parade in Brentwood. Alvarez died Nov. 23 at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital of a massive stroke she suffered after dancing at a wedding, said her daughter Belinda Groneman. Alvarez was 79. (June 6, 2004)
LI notable deaths
Notable Long Islanders who died in 2011
At age 11, a Brooklyn girl named Nilda found herself living in a group home. Her family had left her there soon after her mother's death from tuberculosis.
Scarred by a difficult childhood, Nilda Alvarez would go on to devote her adult life to helping others. As a union representative at Entenmann's Bakery in Bay Shore, Alvarez fought for fellow workers. As a longtime leader of Pronto of Long...
