AMINA HECKSTALL BIO HIGHLIGHTS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION Sam & May Rudin Award for Community Service Through Arts Education The PaseSetters Award for Recognition of Achievements in Arts Education The Citizens Committee of New York New Neighbors Award The CCNY Building Blocks Award The CCNY Better Neighborhoods Award The P.A.E. (Partnership Arts Education) Award The Queens Chronicle Rising Star Award The Suzanne Popper-Edelman Award World Dance Alliance Conference Master Class Instructor in Contemporary African Dance DanzAfrica Puerto Rico Specially Selected Performer Rochdale Village Community Center Civic Service Award for work with youth Performer and teacher at The 1st and 2nd Annual Harlem African Dance & Drum Conference Panelist and Performer for Wofabe Conference in NJ Panelist, Instructor, & performer for The Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center Reunion Cultural Performing Arts Specialist and Choreographer for Ballet International Africans