Queens senator names
Jamaica science
teacher as Woman of
Distinction for 2020
BY QNS STAFF
A Jamaica science teacher, chaplain and mental health advocate
was honored by state Senator John Liu as his Woman of
Distinction for 2020 on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Abeda Khanam, a teacher at Robert F. Wagner High School
in Long Island City, was given the honor outside of Masjid Omar
bin Abdul Aziz mosque in Jamaica on Tuesday.
Liu picked Khanam for the award because of her leadership
in education. Khanam has written curricula for classes ranging
from molecular biology to urban botany, worked as a certified
instructor of mental health first aid and served as a chaplain for
the New York State Chaplain Task Force.
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