June is LGBTQ Pride Month, but don’t forget that its name comes from Juno, a Roman goddess. Thus, we catch up with a local music deity, Carol Sudhalter, who founded the Astoria Big Band and leads Flushing Town Hall’s Louis Armstrong Legacy Monthly Jazz Jams. (She plays saxophone and flute better than most people walk.)

Sunnyside resident Karesia Batan wears many hats. The daughter of Filipino immigrants dances. She does choreography. She produces art events. She raises an adorable daughter. And she runs the Queensboro Dance Festival, which she founded in 2014. The annual extravaganza brings several dozen free dance performances to several dozen Queens neighborhoods during the warm weather.

Udai Tambar was born in Scotland, lived in India, and eventually moved to Queens while in elementary school. He grew up in Jamaica Estates and now lives in Forest Hills with his family. The Cornell University graduate serves as President & CEO of Long Island City-based New York Junior Tennis & Learning, the country’s largest

Digna Cueto owns ATAX Elmhurst at 38-13 69th St. in Woodside. Certified as an RTP and CAA with the IRS, she offers tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services while also serving as a Certified Tax Instructor on Latino Tax Pro. She has degrees in Engineering and Business Administration with a minor in Accounting. Great Eats

Health-and-wellness enthusiast Dawn Kelly is the co-founder of The Nourish Spot, a brick-and-mortar café where Nourishers can choose from a variety of all-natural, fresh fruit, nuts, proteins, seeds, and veggies and customize food-and-beverage options to satisfy their hunger and quench their thirst. Please read on to find out what the Jamaica resident loves about the

Maxwell J. Larson grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, but he happily lives in Sunnyside, Queens these days. Love had something to do with his relocation as he recently married Forest Hills native Kerry Bornstein. (Full Disclosure: Kerry’s father is QEDC Executive Director Seth Bornstein.) But this salt-of-the-earth Midwestern transplant is quickly becoming a serious borough