Monroe resident Jon Edwards Pelcin is a student studying towards an associate of arts (AA) in psychology at Rockland Community College. Since enrolling in 2023, he has achieved several milestones at the college, including being nominated to the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) in September 2024. NSLS is one of the largest societies in the country, with more than 800 chapters that foster professional and leadership skills and provide access to scholarships, awards, job boards, and letters of recommendation. Before Rockland Community College, Jon Pelcin was a student at Monroe-Woodbury High School.
Mr. Pelcin works as a DoorDash delivery driver when not in school, serving local restaurants and customers in the New York and New Jersey area. He started the job in January 2022 and has since earned gold status and a five-star rating on more than 250 deliveries. He previously worked in the same capacity for Roadie, delivering grocery orders for Walmart. Other positions include a sanitation station attendant at BJ's Warehouse and customer service at Walmart in Monroe, New York.
Mr. Pelcin has been interested in sports from a young age, especially televised programs featuring NBA and Major League Baseball (MLB) statistics and athletes' histories. In high school, he worked as a statistician for the boys' varsity team. He was a member of the high school cross-country team and the Unified Basketball team, and in his last year in 2021, he captained the Monroe-Woodbury Unified Basketball team. A unified team is a program that pairs athletes with intellectual disabilities with those without, all of similar age and skill level, with the aim of promoting inclusion, networking, socialization, and sportsmanship.