DON BATAYOLA

OT, South Mountain Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Vauxhall, NJ

Don and his wife Nina, both occupational therapists, moved to New Jersey from the Philippines 13 years ago to pursue their careers. “He loved to help,” Nina said. “He had such the ability to make everybody smile or laugh.”

 ARTIST - DEXTER G. STRINGFELLOW: Born in Louisiana, Dexter G. Stringfellow is an artist with a love for abstract visual art and photography. He studied graphic design while in college. There he honed his skills of precision and found other creative outlets such as sculpting and poetry equally as fascinating as painting. His artwork has been in solo and group exhibits around the country and has been reviewed in The New York Times.