Jorge Muñoz founded the non-profit An Angel in Queens, an organization that delivers free home-cooked meals in Queens. The food is delivered at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 73rd Street in Jackson Heights.
Munoz was born in 1965 in Colombia and his father died in an accident when he was young. Muñoz followed his mother, moving to New York to find work to support the family, obtaining legal residency in 1987, and later becoming a citizen, along with his mother and sister. He has estimated that he has served to more than 70,000 homeless people since 2004.
On August 4, 2010, Munoz was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Barack Obama, the second-highest civilian honor, behind of the medal of freedom.
(http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/04/citizens.medal/)
(http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/04/citizens.medal/)
If you want to get involved or donate, go to
http://www.anangelinqueens.org/
http://www.anangelinqueens.org/
