Warwick is in the heart of Orange County, New York, and it is a vibrant community of gratified families well-defined by their diverse heritage. Here we all enjoy a strong sense of dignity and pride over our families' history and resilience, and our shared desire to have made of Warwick our home. Our wonderful schools and dedicated teachers have created the nurturing grounds to help our children love going to school. And it is at these classrooms and playgrounds where we start to see the great diversity that makes up the majority of our multicultural residents. At our homes, many languages are spoken, which also construes the love of diverse musical and artistic expressions, plus dainty food and cultural showcasing.
For the visitors of Warwick, as well as for the newcomers, the experience is similar as we took our first stroll in this area. If you walk into one of the many local cafes, shops or restaurants, soon enough you will meet friendly acquaintances, future colleagues and most certainly your new good friends and neighbors. From Pine Island to Greewood Lake, or from Florida to the "Village", the hospitality is a landmark of our town. Far and near, that is how all the interloopers would describe their journey that brought them to our midst. This is how most stories start... "I came to visit once and shortly afterwards, we bought a place in Warwick; then my parents moved in as well, etc."
We want to invite you to share your love story with us to give our readers a space to find the best multi-heritage accounts of how multicultural families came to be, and how we made Warwick in Orange County our forever home.
Send us a picture to info@warwickjuneteenthfestival.com
We do not need your personnal information, just your family love story, if you want you can tell us where do you come from, what is your favourite music or food, and what is that you love the most about this area. This is how we are building our community by recording great accounts of unity and resilience which is the fabric of this great nation.
Andy & Maria Eugenia
Maria Eugenia is Andy's mother-in-law. She first came to Warwick after visiting her younger daughter in Canada a year ago. Maria Eugenia, recently became widowed and came to spend more time with her granddaughters all the way from Ecuador. Andy met his wife in Denmark, as they both were international students at Aalborg University, in northern Denmark. Although from very different backgrounds, their love for radio lead them to join the university's Student Radio and share the sound waves. Their friendship grew as their values and love for Cuban music and savory food kept them in a loop. For Andy, New Jersey and Denmark had been home since he was a little boy and was able to visit his maternal grandparents every summer in Western Denmark. After finishing their master studies in Denmark they welcomed a daughter and established their home in the Greater Copenhagen Area. But as it happened to many, the pandemic forced them to relocate back to the United States, to be closer to their parents in Ecuador and in Old Tappan, New Jersey. Finally, while looking for a forever home they wondered around Rockland Country, but soon after heard about Warwick, "a quaint little town with lots of artists, meadows, breweries and great schools", and the rest is history.
