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Hello, Baby! St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Welcomes First Baby of 2025

Inwood residents Olibia Barrios Cifuentes and Marlon Rabanales are pictured with their precious newborn baby girl, Jimena Sulemia.
Jimena Sulemia was the first baby born at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in 2025, marking a joyful beginning to the new year.

Far Rockaway, New York, January 3, 2025 — St. John’s Episcopal Hospital joyfully welcomed its first baby of 2025. Baby Jimena Sulemia, born to proud parents Olibia Barrios Cifuentes and Marlon Rabanales, arrived on January 1 at 12:28 a.m. The healthy baby girl weighed 6 lbs., 2 oz. and measured 18.9 inches.

To celebrate the momentous occasion, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital team members presented baby Jimena Sulemia and her family with an array of thoughtful gifts. The Episcopal Health Services Executive Leadership Team gifted the family a stroller with car seat attachment, a baby play center, and baby wipes. The St. John’s ICARE Foundation presented the family with diapers, baby books, baby care essentials, a diaper bag, toys, clothing and a baby monitor. The baby monitor was generously donated by Jzanus, a Long Island-based company, valued partner of Episcopal Health Services, Inc., (EHS) and proud supporter of the St. John’s ICARE Foundation.

Jimena and her family were congratulated and presented with gifts from the EHS Executive Leadership Team and the St. John’s ICARE Foundation. Pictured with EHS Chief Executive Officer Donald T. Morrish, MD, MMM (fourth, left), are (from left): Roseline Utti, EHS Maternal Child Health Nurse Manager, Jacqueline Marecheau, MD, FACOG, EHS Chairperson, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Jameela Yusuff, MD, MPH, EHS Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Registered Nurse, Gloria Otoo, Steve Guido, EHS Chief Financial Officer, Abul Azad, MD; and Joe Caraccia, Jzanus Sr. Executive Vice President.

About Episcopal Health Services

Episcopal Health Services Inc., (EHS) is a health system located on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York. The system provides emergency and ambulatory care to the densely populated, culturally and economically diverse, and medically underserved Rockaways and Five Towns populations. The system provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic treatment, and rehabilitative services, regardless of their ability to pay.