Dinah Aponte is a long time Buffalo resident, and has written for Hispano Pamorana, La Ultima Hora, and now serves as a columnist for the Buffalo Latino Village. She is also a community activist, involved in working with groups like PUSH Buffalo, and the Puerto Rican/Latino Committee (PRLC), and serves as the lead advocacy spokesperson  for tenants at Pine Harbor Apartments, a building being faced with gentrification.