Former Immokalee Outreach Manager Lucy Ortiz honored
Maria “Lucy” Ortiz receives her award from WGCU’s Amy Tardif Monday, March 30, 2015 at The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club in Naples, Fla. (Corey Perrine/Naples Daily News Staff)
Former Immokalee Outreach Manager Lucy Ortiz was honored as one of five women to be honored by WGCU Public Media as “2015 Makers: Women Who Make Southwest Florida.” The awards and television screening were held at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club.
Also honored were former state Rep. Mary Ellen Hawkins (R-Naples), Jan Manarite, a patient advocate with Prostate Cancer Research Institute, Robbie Roepstorff, president of Edison National Bank in Fort Myers, and Nola Thiess, founder of the Human Trafficking Awareness Partnerships, were this year’s honorees.
