NY J01611

New York State Senate resolution honoring Pastor Geraldine Felix at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visionary Awards Gala on March 22, 2026

Born in 1962 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and immigrated to the United States in 1977 at age 13, attending schools in New York including City College of New York and later the School of Architecture in Boston

Co-founded a congregation with her husband Rev. Joseph N. Felix that established its permanent home on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn in 1998, where she has served in ministry for more than 25 years

Earned a theology degree from MKI University in 2022 and was ordained as a pastor upon her 60th birthday, known as a "Prayer Warrior" for her dedication to intercessory prayer

Conducted missionary service throughout the United States (Boston, Florida) and internationally in Haiti and the Dominican Republic