Pratt’s Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses closed temporarily in late March in response to COVID-19. Only essential employees have been permitted access, and a small team of dedicated Pratt Facilities and Campus Safety personnel continues daily to look after our campuses until they can be reopened once again. Additional essential staff members from finance, mail service, residential life, and shop management have visited campus regularly to maintain services.

Visiting Assistant Professor in Photography Andy Todd, who comes to campus once a week to maintain the photography labs, shot the following series of images of some of Pratt’s essential staff at work on the Brooklyn campus. Pratt celebrates and thanks them and all of our essential staff members.

Latisha Harris (Public Safety)
Latisha Harris (Campus Safety)

Alexander Vroulos (Facilities)
Alexander Vroulos (Facilities)

Miriam Morales (Facilities)
Miriam Morales (Facilities)

Jose Estevez (Facilities)
Jose Estevez (Facilities)

Luis Ortiz (Public Safety)
Luis Ortiz (Campus Safety)

Sheila Horne (Facilities)
Sheila Horne (Facilities)

Martin Macareno (Facilities)
Martin Macareno (Facilities)

L-R: Chris Gavlick (Facilities) and Joe Santa Ana (Public Safety)
L-R: Chris Gavlick (Facilities) and Joe Santa Ana (Campus Safety)

Michelle Brown (Facilities)
Michelle Brown (Facilities)

Esmond Gooding (Facilities)
Esmond Gooding (Facilities)

Jon Tucker (Public Safety)
Jon Tucker (Campus Safety)

Hugh Sabre (Public Safety)
Hugh Sabre (Campus Safety)

Elbi Cespedes (Facilities)
Elbi Cespedes (Facilities)

Zenellyz Parajon (Facilities)
Zenellyz Parajon (Facilities)

Latoya Downing (Safe Environment Business - S.E.B.)
Latoya Downing (Safe Environment Business – S.E.B.)

Camilo Vazquez (Facilities)
Camilo Vazquez (Facilities)

Jose Rodriguez (Facilities)
Jose Rodriguez (Facilities)

L-R: Darry Torbert (Public Safety) and Terry Smith (Public Safety)
L-R: Darry Torbert (Campus Safety) and Terry Smith (Campus Safety)