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Miami Marlins Donate $30,000 to Miami Dade College to Establish Miami Marlins First Generation Scholarship

The Miami Marlins continue their commitment to serve the youth of South Florida with a $30,000 donation to Miami Dade College (MDC) through the support of Marlins ownership to establish the Miami Marlins First Generation Scholarship Endowment. The program will provide financial support to qualified undergraduate MDC students who are the first in their families to attend college. The endowment generates student awards for scholarships in perpetuity.

MDC is the most diverse institution in the nation and serves more than 120,000 students. The college's eight campuses and outreach centers offer more than 300 distinct degree pathways including associate and baccalaureate degrees, career certificates and apprenticeships.

"With a commitment to empower South Florida youth, we are excited to partner with Miami Dade College to provide support and opportunities to deserving individuals from our community," said Raquel "Rocky" Egusquiza, Executive Director of Miami Marlins Foundation. "Many of our community's leaders have graduated from Miami Dade College, and we want for that tradition to carry on for years to come."

"We are thrilled to receive this generous gift from the Miami Marlins that will surely contribute to the success of our students for years to come," said MDC Interim President Dr. Rolando Montoya. "Being first in your family to obtain a college degree is a life-changing accomplishment and has the potential to inspire others to do the same."

The announcement was made following yesterday's Miami Marlins' MDC Day, a virtual pregame event for all MDC students, faculty, staff, alumni, and more. The special event was held in advance of I AM MDC Day, which is celebrated every year on September 6, the day MDC first opened its doors 60 years ago. I AM MDC Day celebrates MDC's rich tradition of elevating the community and changing lives through education and opportunity. The day of giving and school pride also raises critical funds for scholarships and programs for students. In 2019, a record total of $2 million was raised on I AM MDC Day! To learn more, visit www.mdc.edu/iammdc (http://www.mdc.edu/iammdc).

For more information on the Miami Marlins Foundation, please visit Marlins.com/Foundation (http://www.marlins.com/foundation).

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Raquel "Rocky" Egusquiza (far right), executive director for the Miami Marlins Foundation, presents

Miami Dade College interim president Dr. Rolando Montoya and North Campus president Dr. Malou

Harrison with a check for $30,000 to support the creation of a new endowment that will help first-

generation college students succeed.

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For the first time in 37 years, Miami Dade College (MDC) will transform its iconic

Miami Book Fair (MBF), a weeklong celebration of books and writers in

downtown Miami, into a free virtual event from Nov. 15 to 22.

The virtual Fair is the continuation of a proactive effort to remain socially

engaged, even as we practice physical distancing, per local and state guidelines.

Since the onset of the pandemic, the Fair has remained connected to the world

through a stream of interactive online events that include conversations with

authors, the annual Miami Writers Institute, The Little Haiti Book Festival, and a

Speak Up: Teen Creative Writing workshops, among others.

"Transforming an event that has been exclusively in-person for more than a

generation has indeed been challenging, but the opportunity for growth through

digital delivery of programs is also motivating for us," said Lissette Mendez,

MBF's programs director. "Over 37 years, we have built a Miami Book Fair that

represents diversity of subject matter, diversity of presenting authors and

diversity of fairgoers. We have built a program that introduces more than

20,000 children each year to books and writers, instilling in each of them a love

for reading that will support their educational pursuits.

Our mission is to engage our community through inclusive, accessible,

programs that promote reading and support writers. Though we will be online,

we will still be the Miami Book Fair, and we look forward to gathering in person,

once again, when the conditions allow."

This year's growing list of more than 200 authors and moderators includes

headliner Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher,

environmental activist, and inventor Margaret Atwood (Dearly: New Poems,The

Handmaid's Tale,The Testaments).

As in years past, the Fair will feature programs in English, Spanish and Haitian

Creole representing fiction, politics, history, memoir, comics, poetry, among

other genres, as well as an extensive program for children and teens.

Signature programs, such as "Evenings With..." and the IberoAmerican and

ReadCaribbean programs will return, and even the beloved Children's Alley,

dedicated to providing fun, learning activities for children, will have a digital

home. In addition, the Fair will prominently showcase Florida authors.

The virtual Book Fair Marketplace will feature booksellers and other vendors, in

place of the popular Street Fair weekend. And of course, you can order a copy

of this year's commemorative poster created by award winning children's book

author, illustrator, and creator of Disney's animated series, The Replacements,

Dan Santat.

A free and simple registration is all that will be required, and users will receive

email notifications about programs and activities as they become available, plus

practical tips on how to navigate the website, create a watchlist, and more. All

MBF programs will be available on a schedule to be published prior to the start

of the Fair. Although the Fair site will not be fully operational until programs are

complete and ready for viewing, the registrations page is open. Audiences can

sign up to get updates and program drop schedules at

miamibookfaironline.com.

For more information or to become a Friend of the Fair, a fundraising

membership program, visit www.miamibookfair.com or send email

to [email protected].

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Away, with by Meg Medina • Why I Write for Kids, with Ronald L. Smith • Using Picture Books to Teach Writing Skills to Older Readers, with Meg Medina • The Ashley Bryan Art Series featuring Illustrator Laura Freeman: Making Connections Through

Illustration • Miami Book Fair presents Book Chat with Raj Haldar, author of the upcoming No Reading Allowed:

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• Closing thoughts with Gene Luen Yang

There is no charge for attending The Conference on Children's Literature; preregistration is requested. For additional information, contact the Community Engagement Youth Services Administration at YSA [email protected] or 954-357-7470.

The joint Conference on Children's Literature and Ashley Bryan Art Series is sponsored by Broward County Library, Broward Public Library Foundation, Friends of the African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLC), the Broward Reads Coalition and the Miami Book Fair.

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MIAMI — This year, the colorful tents won't spring up overnight on the streets lining the college campus. Swarms of authors, readers and students won't flock to downtown Miami for the busy street fair weekend, lining up for signings and loading up tote bags with books.

The Miami Book Fair is not coming to Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus this fall. But that doesn't mean there won't be a book fair.

The COVID-19 pandemic has done what 9/11 and Hurricane Andrew couldn't do: It forced the fair, which began in 1984, to cancel its annual weeklong book frenzy at the college for the first time in 37 years. But the show will go on virtually and for free.

The transition from live to virtual fair, which will feature programs in English and Spanish, has been a painstaking process, says program director Lissette Mendez.

"I feel like I'm building the bridge across the Grand Canyon as I'm walking," she said. "It's like: Put the board down, take a step, put the next board down, take a step. ... It's a work in progress."

So what will an online book fair look like? Mendez says she and her team have benefited by learning from fairs that had to cancel events earlier this year. That means a blend of pre-recorded events and livestreams, possibly recorded interviews with authors and live Q and A sessions. Some events will be available on the website for one night only; others may linger online longer.

All the usual genres will be represented — fiction, politics, history, memoir, comics, poetry, Caribbean works with a focus on Haiti — in addition to robust children's programming.

Mendez envisions it as "Netflix for books" accessed through a new and upgraded website. You'll sign in with your email and create a password, and the site will take

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More than 171 English-language authors have signed up so far and 8o Spanish-

language authors have signed up, with more to be added over the next few weeks.

The website is expected to go live sometime in September, at which point you can

create a watch list of the events you're hoping to see and sign up for emails letting

you know when new authors have been added.

Aside from a fundraising chat between novelists Ann Patchett and Emma Straub,

both of whom also own independent bookstores, the events will be free.

That's great for book lovers but financially rough for the fair. Not having to fly

authors to Miami from around the country saves the fair some money. But the loss

of ticket sales for "Evenings With..." events and the street fair and losing sponsors

due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been costly.

"One of our biggest sponsors is Royal Caribbean," Mendez says. "Other sponsors

haven't been able to commit or can only commit half the amount they usually do.

The story on the financial hit is not finished yet. There are still grants and proposals

outstanding that could help us. But we're down 5o percent from what we would

usually need.

"At the same time we're making sure that the technology is where it needs to be, and

that is not without cost. It's expensive, as anyone who has ever put together a

website knows."'

Still, despite the complications, Mendez says the upgraded website will be useful for

the next in-person fair, which will hopefully return in November 2021.

"We could use it in the future to highlight authors for a much larger audience,

people who aren't able to travel or come to Miami or leave their homes," she says.

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Kevin Boulandier September 7, 2020

Ultra, the Calle Ocho Music Festival, the Doral Food & Wine Festival and the Miami Beach Pride Festival were all canceled or postponed this year because of the coronavirus.

Could the 38th annual Miami Book Fair be next?

Nope.

The book lovers extravaganza known for its colorful pop-up tents that invade downtown Miami with hundreds of authors found a creative alternative—a free online event.

"It's going to be an online experience like a Netflix-style website," said Lissette Mendez, the MBF's program director.

The Book Fair, which will run from Nov. 15-22 with a mix of prerecorded and live-streamed events, will feature more than 171 English-language and 80 Spanish-language authors from

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Extraordinary Times; American journalist and political satirist P.J. O'Rourke, who wrote A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land; history professor Yanela G. McLeod, author of The Miami Times: The Fight for Equality: Race, Sport, and the Black Press, 1948-1958; and Peniel E. Joseph, a Haitian American historian and author of The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Award-winning Canadian author Margaret Atwood known for her novel, The Handmaid's Tale, will kick-off the festivities.

All the events will be hosted on a new website that works similar to a streaming service: attendees sign in using their email and create a password to open a list of programs, panels and conversations that allow the user to create a custom page of events they want to attend. When the viewer clicks on an event, the link takes you to Crowdcast—a live video platform for webinars that looks similar to YouTube.

The website, which is not live yet, currently lets prospective attendees sign up for email updates about the MBF and will eventually allow them to receive author lineup reminders.

Mendez said that although the Book Fair won't be on campus, attendees can expect the same top-notch program as always.

"This event is going to be exactly the same," Mendez said. "We will be having the same kind of authors, and a variety of topics and genres for all ages."

Staples such as the popular Evenings With author series and live Q and A sessions will go on virtually. Speakers will include something for everyone with screenwriters, poets, journalists, and cartoonists slated to participate.

And although the Street Fair won't be happening, there will be Street Fair booths on the website and a marketplace so attendees can buy books and authors' merchandise.

Sofia Ramirez, a sophomore at Kendall Campus who attended last year's festival, thinks that going virtual was the right move.

"As avid readers, we need some sort of literary entertainment which the Book Fair provides," Ramirez said. "It allows a wider audience from all over the world to attend this event and to visit the different speakers and events."

Not having the Book Fair was never an option, Mendez said.

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This year, the colorful tents won't spring up overnight on the streets lining the college campus. Swarms of authors, readers and students won't flock to downtown Miami for the busy street fair weekend, lining up for signings and loading up tote bags with books.

The Miami Book Fair is not coming to Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus this fall. But that doesn't

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The Miami Book Fair is not coming to Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus this fall. But that doesn't mean there won't be a book fair.

The COVID-19 pandemic has done what 9/11 and Hurricane Andrew couldn't do: It forced the fair, which began in 1984, to cancel its annual weeklong book frenzy at the college for the first time in 37 years. But the show will go on virtually and for free.

The transition from live to virtual fair, which will feature programs in English and Spanish, has been a painstaking process, says program director Lissette Mendez.

"I feel like I'm building the bridge across the Grand Canyon as I'm walking," she said. "It's like: Put the board down, take a step, put the next board down, take a step. ... It's a work in progress."

So what will an online book fair look like? Mendez says she and her team have benefited by learning from fairs that had to cancel events earlier this year. That means a blend of pre-recorded events and livestreams, possibly recorded interviews with authors and live Q and A sessions. Some events will be available on the website for one night only; others may linger online longer.

All the usual genres will be represented — fiction, politics, history, memoir, comics, poetry, Caribbean works with a focus on Haiti — in addition to robust children's programming.

Mendez envisions it as "Netflix for books" accessed through a new and upgraded website. You'll sign in with your email and create a password, and the site will take you to a list of programs, panels and conversations that you'll view the way you view your Netflix catalog. Click on what you want to see, and the link will take you to a YouTube-like page where you watch the event.

The fair, which runs Nov. 15-22, kicks off with Margaret Atwood ("The Handmaid's


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Aside from a fundraising chat between novelists Ann Patchett and Emma Straub, both of whom also own independent bookstores, the events will be free.

That's great for book lovers but financially rough for the fair. Not having to fly authors to Miami from around the country saves the fair some money. But the loss of ticket sales for "Evenings With...” events and the street fair and losing sponsors due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been costly.

"One of our biggest sponsors is Royal Caribbean," Mendez says. "Other sponsors haven't been able to commit or can only commit half the amount they usually do. The story on the financial hit is not finished yet. There are still grants and proposals outstanding that could help us. But we're down 5o percent from what we would usually need.

"At the same time we're making sure that the technology is where it needs to be, and that is not without cost. It's expensive, as anyone who has ever put together a website knows."'

Still, despite the complications, Mendez says the upgraded website will be useful for the next in-person fair, which will hopefully return in November 2021.

"We could use it in the future to highlight authors for a much larger audience, people who aren't able to travel or come to Miami or leave their homes," she says. "Getting the tech for this website is going to help us expand our reach in the future."

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Here's where things stand on 10 signature events scheduled through the end of the year, from the Tortuga Music Festival, Moonfest and the Miami Book Fair to the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and rescheduled Delray Affair.

1. Tortuga Music Festival

There will be no Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale in 2020. The popular springtime country-music beach bash originally set for April 17-19 was postponed to Oct. 2-4 and then canceled altogether. The next edition of Tortuga is now slated for Nov. 12-14, 2021. The lineup will be identical to the one planned this

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But it's Lagoa's background as a Florida Cuban-American that could have the most salience for Trump. His reelection hinges on the too-close-to-call battleground state, where his campaign has made outreach to Hispanic voters a top issue, worrying some Democrats.

"If the president picks Barbara Lagoa, they will be dancing salsa with joy in Hialeah well past November," said Gaetz, referring to Lagoa's home town, a blue-collar majority Cuban-American city that borders Miami and leans Republican.

Lagoa, a 52-year-old Columbia Law School graduate and mother of three children, emerged this weekend as a leading contender to take the Supreme Court seat held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the liberal stalwart who

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Lagoa is no lock for the post, however. She's a relative unknown compared to the favorite of Washington's

conservative establishment anti-abortion groups, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who became a darling of the religious right after her bruising federal confirmation fight in 2017. Barrett and Lagoa are both high on the president's short list for the post, officials with knowledge of the process told POLITICO.

In contrast, Lagoa's views on abortion are little known. She had no high-profile rulings on the matter in the nearly 500 decisions she wrote as a state appeals court judge or in other decisions during her brief time on the Florida Supreme Court justice and, since late last year, a judge on the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

However, when she was vetted for her federal judgeship, she told the Senate she considered Roe v. Wade the "binding precedent of the Supreme Court" and "settled law" — echoing phrases used by Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh when their nominations were being vetted.

"For lower court judges, all Supreme Court precedent, including Roe v. Wade is settled law," she wrote in her questionnaire. "If confirmed, I would faithfully apply this precedent and all other precedents of the Supreme Court."

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right-leaning opinions could signal to religious voters Football sport that she's one of them. Gaetz said Lagoa's lack of a nouvelles position on abortion could help Republican lawmakers in battleground districts where the future of abortion rights is a top concern.

Indeed, Lagoa's confirmation vote for the 11th Circuit last year had a much more bipartisan reception, 80-15, than the 55-43 vote on Barrett's appointment to the 7th Circuit.

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for them," Gaetz said, declining to name names. makes 'two

Gaetz, who spoke at Trump's nominating convention and big frequently chats with the president, wouldn't discuss gambles'

08:54 whether or when he talked with the president about Comments Lagoa. Scott began reaching out to the president on Sunday, according to aides, and friends of Rubio say he's Trump says starting to weigh in. DeSantis has yet to formally call the he'll president, but go-betweens with the White House and announce the Tallahassee governor's mansion have had Supreme conversations, according to two knowledgeable sources. Court The sources also identified Bondi and Wiles as advocates nominee by for Lagoa, but neither would comment. Friday or

Saturday One of the Republican advisers to Trump who spoke to him about Lagoa said the president was particularly receptive to the message about Lagoa's background. As the child of exiles who fled Castro's Cuba on what were known as "freedom flights" in 1966, Lagoa's story aligns with the themes echoed at the GOP convention, which featured two Cuban Americans on consecutive nights waxing poetic about the American dream and the horrors of totalitarian socialism.

Trump plans to campaign in Florida. He plans to stop Thursday in Jacksonville and then is scheduled to head to Miami, where some of his Florida advisers hope he announces Lagoa as his pick. Trump said he expects to nominate someone this week.

"We know Democrats are going to vote against her, even though they voted overwhelmingly to confirm her to the federal bench before," the Republican said. "Democrats always play the race card. Well, we can as well. What are they going to tell Hispanic voters in Florida about rejecting a Latina for the high court?"

Democrats say they have an easy answer: the rushed vote for a confirmation shouldn't happen. Instead, they say, the Republican-led Senate should follow the same precedent it set in 2016 when it refused to take up President Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, before a presidential election. Trump won, thereby ensuring Garland never got a hearing.

Lagoa would bring some legal baggage with her to a confirmation hearing. Lagoa came came under fire recently for refusing to recusing herself from a case in which the federal appeals court upheld a Florida law that rpbuirps felons to nay off their court fines and fees


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before having their voting rights restored. The law was passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature after voters approved a constitutional amendment that ended the state's lifetime voting ban for most felons.

Lagoa and another judge on the appeals court previously sat on the state Supreme Court when it considered how to interpret the amendment.

Sen. Kamala Harris was among the co-signers of a letter that criticized Lagoa for not recusing herself from the federal case. Harris, who was later picked as Joe Biden's running mate, would cast a vote in the upcoming Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

Desmond Meade, executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, said Lagoa's action on the felon voting case shows she is more interested in a political outcome than the law.

"Justice Lagoa was a leading voice in the recent 11th Circuit Court decision that fell squarely along partisan lines and silenced hundreds of thousands of voters in Florida, who months earlier had been legally able to vote," Meade said in a text. "That decision demonstrated we are fighting so hard for people's lives to be placed over politics, and that should be the attitude of anyone who aspires to serve on the highest court in the land."

Democrats say that Lagoa's decision to join the 6-4 majority that kept the tight voting restrictions on felons could also help rally Black voters because African Americans are disproportionately incarcerated in Florida.

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But the racial politics could cut both ways.

"We hope Democrats attack a Latina as a racist," said a Republican who has discussed Lagoa with Trump's campaign. "There's a broad pool of Hispanic voters who will get turned off by that."

And to Democrats who would accuse Trump of playing identity politics, Republicans note that Biden pledged to pick a Black woman for the court.

Black voters account for 13 percent of registered voters in Florida; Latinos 17 percent. Both are bases of the Democratic Party, but Hispanic voters are more winnable for Republicans, in part because Cuban-Americans tend to vote heavily Republican. For that segment of the Latino electorate, Lagoa backers say, her nomination

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But there's a group of independent Hispanic voters, many of them Spanish speakers, who can be messaged to and won by Republicans, strategists say, especially

with Biden showing some signs of weakness with Latinos across the state and in Miami-Dade County.

Veteran Democratic pollster and consultant Fernand Amandi, who advised Obama's successful outreach to Latinos and also consulted for Michael Bloomberg's primary campaign, said Lagoa's potential pick would be "a choice pregnant with political considerations."

"It's a play for women, Hispanics and most importantly, Florida's 29 Electoral votes," Amandi said. "Barbara Lagoa is the conservative Cuban version of Sonia Sotomayor."

Jesse Panuccio, a longtime Florida attorney and former third-ranking official in the Department of Justice in the Trump administration, echoed Amandi and said the pick of Lagoa could "energize" an important slice of the Florida electorate.

"I think choosing Barbara Lagoa as a Supreme Court nominee would be the best thing the president could do politically in this state," said Panuccio, who was on the nominating commission that recommended Lagoa for a spot on the state Supreme Court. "It is of course the biggest swing state in the country, everyone knows that."

Pannucio is a member of the conservative Federalist Society, whose members in Florida and Washington are advocating for Lagoa as well.

A DeSantis adviser said of Lagoa that she's "money in the bank" for Trump's Florida campaign.

"She right on the law. She right on the politics. It's a no-brainer," the adviser said.

Lagoa already made history as the first Hispanic woman and first Cuban-American woman to serve on the Florida Supreme Court. DeSantis announced her selection for the high court at Miami's Freedom Tower, which welcomed Cuban exiles and where Rubio announced his 2016 bid for president. One Trump confidante hoped the president would use the venue to make his nomination announcement of Lagoa.

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then-Gov. Jeb Bush. Her husband, Paul Huck, served as general counsel to Bush's successor, Charlie Crist, who's now a Democratic congressman and who described Lagoa as "a delightful person."

"She's absolutely charming and struck me as a very good soul," Crist said.

The rapid ascent of the Florida International University graduate doesn't surprise those who know Lagoa.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Becerra, who attended Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Hialeah with Lagoa, used one word over and over to describe Lagoa: "Star." Becerra recalled during her investiture to the Florida Supreme Court how Lagoa played the lead role of the Virgin of Guadalupe in a school play that remains a running joke for them after decades.

It's Lagoa connections to Miami-Dade — and her role in trying to block President Bill Clinton's administration from sending 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez back to his father in Cuba — that could make her too hard to ignore ahead of the election. The decision by the Clinton administration to repatriate Gonzalez, whose mother died trying to escape from Cuba, reverberated through Florida and may have ultimately cost the 2000 election for then-Vice President Al Gore. Gore lost to George W. Bush by 537 votes in an election that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Eliot Pedrosa, an attorney who worked with Lagoa on the Gonzalez case, said she was "branded by the experience." Pedrosa, who is now the U.S. executive director of the Inter-American Development Bank, said during Lagoa's 2019 investiture that the case "seared into her soul" a respect for the "rule of law."

Former Miami Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who fought to keep Gonzalez in the United States and represented Lagoa's home town of Hialeah, said Lagoa's legal record is solid and that her background is "extraordinary" and would help turn out votes as well.

"It's an American story," Diaz-Balart said. "Here's a Hialeah girl who's a great student who made her family proud from the moment she was born. And now she's making the whole community proud."

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The latest crisis: Low-income students are dropping out of college this fall in alarming numbers Many low-income students say they don't have good enough WiFi at home to take online courses.

By Heather Long and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

September 16, 2020 at 11:24 a.m. EDT

In August, Paige McConnell became the first in her family to go to college — and the first to drop out.

McConnell, 18, could not make online classes work. She doesn't have WiFi at her rural home in Crossville, Tenn. The local library turned her away, not wanting anyone sitting around during the pandemic. She spent hours in a McDonald's parking lot using the fast-food chain's Internet, but she kept getting kicked off her college's virtual classes because the network wasn't "safe." Two weeks after starting at Roane State Community College, she gave up.

"At my high school graduation, I told all my family I would go to community college. I was trying to better my future,"

McConnell said. "But the online classes really threw me for a loop. I knew I couldn't do it."

McConnell's situation is playing out all over the country. As the fall semester gets into full swing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, schools are noticing a concerning trend: Low-income students are the most likely to drop out or not enroll at all, raising fears that they might never get a college degree. Some ioo,000 fewer high school seniors completed financial aid applications to attend college this year, according to a National College Attainment Network

analysis of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data through August.

The lower enrollment figures are the latest sign of how the economic devastation unleashed by the coronavirus crisis has weighed more heavily on lower-income Americans and minorities, who have suffered higher levels of unemployment and a higher incidence of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Students from families with incomes under $75,000 are nearly twice as likely to say they "canceled all plans" to take classes this fall as students from families with incomes over $100,000, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey in late August.

The drop-off in college enrollment is unusual and particular to this pandemic, as college enrollment during the Great Recession grew. Typically, enrollment jumps during economic downturns when jobs are scarce and people look to

retrain. Yet, the opposite is happening now.

Students who are the first in their families to pursue college degrees don't tend to take "gap years" to travel and intern. When low-income students stop attending school, they rarely return, diminishing their job and wage prospects for the rest of their lives. Only 13 percent of college dropouts ever return, a National Student Clearinghouse report last year

found, and even fewer graduate.

"The ultimate fear is this could be a lost generation of low-income students," said Bill DeBaun, the National College

Attainment Network's (NCAN) data director, who put together the FAFSA tracker.

Enrollment trends so far show especially steep drops among Black students and rural White students. These students are facing multiple setbacks: difficulty paying for college, job losses and the public health crisis, as coronavirus cases have hit African American and Hispanic communities the hardest. A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse found summer enrollment fell the most at community colleges and among Black students. Experts say summer trends are often a good indicator of what's to come.

Official fall enrollment data won't come out until October, but education research company EAB has been tracking tuition deposits at Pao four-year colleges, because deposits are a good indicator of whether a student will actually attend. Deposits are down 8.4 percent among families making less than $60,000 a year.

Students from lower-income families and students of color have fueled undergraduate enrollment growth over the past two decades, though they still struggle to complete their degrees. Now many higher education leaders worry the pandemic could be wiping out years of progress.

"We could erase a lot of access gains over the past 20 years in one fell swoop," said Brett Schraeder, an EAB consultant

who put together the report.

When he saw students huddled outside a Sheetz convenience store trying to do their virtual classes on the store's WiFi network, John J. "Ski" Sygielski, president of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, realized just how much help his school would have to provide low-income students if they were to make it through the fall semester.

Like many schools, HACC is predominantly holding virtual classes this fall. Sygielski's team has given out hundreds of computers to needy students and "close to 400" hotspots, but he fears too many students will just give up on higher education as they see family members getting sick with covid-19, losing jobs and struggling to eat.

"I've had students leave laptops in my office at night and pick them up in the morning, because they were afraid they would be stolen at home or used for drugs. Many don't have space to study at home. They don't have equipment,"

Sygielski said.

The pandemic has already wiped out millions of jobs at restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues that provided lifelines for college students needing extra income and low-income families struggling to pay bills. The U.S. unemployment rate was 8.4 percent in August, one of the worst in years, and over 14 percent for Americans who are 20

to 24 years old.

"I spent the last few months focusing on finding a place to live rather than focusing on school," said Roshelle Czar, 26, a junior at Sacramento State University. "Due to an emotionally unstable family dynamic, I do not have the privilege of

going back to an actual home."

Czar lost her job at an ice cream shop when it closed during the pandemic, leaving her without enough to pay rent. As her financial woes mounted, she ended up dropping out of her spring semester classes and moving in with a friend. She's been interviewing for jobs, hoping to earn enough money to re-enroll, but she hasn't landed anything yet.

Among the reasons students are citing for not returning to school this fall: frustration or uncertainty about online classes or changing class formats and content; fear of contracting the coronavirus; and inability to pay for classes after the student or parent lost a job or took a financial hit. This is according to the Census Bureau survey taken Aug. 19 to

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Dario Magana-Williams, 18, felt the disappointment of his high school senior year seeping into his freshman year of

college.

Getting accepted into George Mason University in Virginia held out the promise of a new beginning away from mom and dad. By the time he graduated from Washington's Capital City Public Charter School in May, that new beginning seemed further out of reach. His dad's hours at the restaurant where he works were few and far between as people stayed home. While his mother's job at a local school helped the family stay afloat, their finances took a hit.

Paying out-of-state tuition to take some classes online and some in-person at GMU no longer seemed reasonable.

"My parents saw no point to paying for online classes," Magana-Williams said. "They didn't think it was worth the tuition and were more comfortable with me staying home. I really wanted the independence, but this is the reality of

things."

Rather than take the year off, Magana-Williams chose to attend the University of the District of Columbia for a fraction

of the cost of GMU.

While some students have shifted from more expensive universities to lower-cost community colleges or state schools, enrollment trends show particularly large drop-offs at community colleges, another statistic that suggests many lower-income students aren't going to college at all during the pandemic.

Enrollment is down 13 percent at HACC this fall, though enrollment is still underway because some classes don't start until later this month. Black enrollment is down 17 percent, and Hispanic enrollment is down almost 19 percent. It's a similar story at many other flagship community and public colleges. Fall enrollment at Miami Dade College is down 17.5 percent so far, with a 16 percent decline among Hispanic students and a 20 percent decline among Black students. Northern Virginia Community College and the City University of New York are down about 4 percent each this fall,

with early data indicating a steep decline for Black students at NOVA.

"The notion of a gap year does not exist for these students. If they don't start attending now, life will happen," said Kim Cook, executive director of NCAN. "They'll help their family or get a job. Then it will not seem possible to make time

for college."

Students who have dropped out of college this fall overwhelmingly told The Washington Post that it was because of virtual classes. They preferred the supportive environment of attending in-person classes and being able to speak with teachers, fellow students and support staff. They struggled to find a quiet place at home to study and many lacked

reliable Internet.

"I just don't see the benefit of me taking online-only classes right now if I'm paying full tuition and not getting the perks I enjoyed the most — access to the gym and library," said Katie Suriel, 30, who did not enroll in classes at Baruch

College, part of CUNY, this fall. "I like the structure of in-person classes."

Suriel has been working full time at a juice company in New York City, figuring it is better to hang on to her job during

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what happens with the pandemic and virtual classes.

Without the usual face-to-face reminders from teachers and counselors to fill out applications for college and financial aid and stay engaged in classes, students are falling through the cracks.

FAFSA completions are down 4 percent overall among high school students, but they are down nearly 6 percent among students from Title Ihigh schools, which serve a large number of high-poverty students, according to NCAN's FAFSA

tracker.

The Education Department declined to comment, saying agency officials don't have historical information to know how FAFSA completion or college enrollment will fare during the pandemic.

Kristin McGuire normally gives several FAFSA workshops a month to low-income high school students in California through Young Invincibles, a young adult research and advocacy group. But since the pandemic hit and K-12 classes went virtual, she hasn't been invited to give any talks. Some schools have told her they can't invite her to their virtual classes for privacy reasons.

She has organized virtual sessions on her own and spread the word on social media, but it's not the same. Many questions she gets from parents are about whether it's safe to attend college right now.

"Once families started to hear about the pandemic, they made decisions for their child to wait to go to college," said McGuire, who is Western Region director for Young Invincibles.

Even among students who complete the FAFSA applications, there's been a drop-off in enrollment, especially among students who have been asked to go through the verification process, an extra hurdle that requires families to submit additional paperwork proving identity and income.

Be A Leader Foundation, a college access nonprofit in Phoenix, recently helped a local community college make calls to 400 students who had applied for admission and completed the financial aid forms but had never enrolled.

"When the pandemic hit, we were knee-deep in the FAFSA, cleaning up FAFSA, getting students through verification. Then we didn't have direct access to students at the school level, and it became a challenge to get connected," said Soilo J. Felix, chief program officer at Be A Leader Foundation. "We are seeing a lot of students either not finishing up their verification or completing all of the final steps for enrollment."

For McConnell, who dropped out of college in Tennessee, leaving school means she has forfeited her scholarship. She told her dad she plans to return to college later on, but she knows that loss will make it even more challenging.

"I'm going to try to save up some money, hope to enroll back in school next year or year after that," said McConnell, who dreamed of being an agriculture education teacher. "I probably won't go to community college. I'll probably go to

a technical school."

9/23/2020 Deportation of Immigrant Activist Makes Waves at 11th Circuit

Deportation of Immigrant Activist Makes Waves at nth Circuit

ALEX PICKETT September 22, 2020

Claudio Rojas (Photo from 'The Infiltrators" via Courthouse News)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CN) — The nth Circuit pressed the government Tuesday on whether it had pure motives in deporting a prominent immigrant rights activist.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Argentine immigrant Claudio Rojas in February 2319 just before he was scheduled to speak at the Miami Film Festival for his role in "The Infiltrators," a documentary criticizing conditions at an ICE detention facility in South Florida. The film first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won two awards.

"ICE's actions constitute outrageous retaliation," Rojas' attorney, Alina Das, told the Atlanta-based appellate panel Tuesday. "These actions made international headlines precisely because they sent a message: criticize ICE and ICE will deport you."

Responding to some pushback from U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Tallman, a Clinton appointee who normally presides in the 9th Circuit, Das said the lower court dismissed the case prematurely last year.

Das, a law professor at New York University and co-director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, insisted Rojas' claims of a First Amendment violation should have been heard.

"His deportation itself is unlawful," Das said.

Justice Department attorney Thomas York meanwhile urged the nth Circuit to affirm, saying the claims are judicially barred since Rojas is a noncitizen who has already been deported.

"The government has discretion to execute on that final order of removal," York said, adding the writ of habeas corpus guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution "does not cover the type of relief the petitioner is asking for."

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U.S. Circuit Judge Robin Rosenbaum took issue with that argument.

"The government has discretion to execute the order of removal as long as it was not for an illegal reason," the Obama appointee said. "There's possibly an outrageous First Amendment scenario where there could be a problem. It seems to me there couldn't be a situation that could be more outrageous than we have here."

York also butted heads with the panel's second Obama appointee, U.S. Circuit Judge Beverly Martin.

"I just find it troubling that it seems that your position is we don't have to adjudicate his claim because we can just go ahead and deport people and then their case is moot," Martin said. "That just seems to me that can't be right."

Rojas out stayed his visa in 2000, making headlines in 2012 after immigration authorities detained him in a Broward County facility where he ultimately staged a hunger strike that led to his release. "The Infiltrators" centers around two activists who purposely turned themselves in to ICE to document the conditions at the facility that housed Rojas.

In the intervening years, Rojas had a pending application for a T visa, which allows victims of human rights abuses to stay in the United States and eventually gain a path to citizenship.

It was not until the publicity surrounding the release of "The Infiltrators" last year that ICE chose to arrest, detain and deport Rojas. Until hi: arrest and deportation, the 54-year-old routinely checked in with immigration officials and maintained a family in Miramar, a small city just north of Miami.

Das argued the government's actions were based purely on Rojas' exercise of his First Amendment rights and not any violation of immigration law.

"[The government] aggressively pursued the exile of a man that otherwise would be the lowest priority for deportation," said Das.

The judges did not indicate when they will reach a decision in the case.

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"It's up to you to deliver" HBO is now streaming this new film, Huracan, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Cassius Corrigan, originally from Miami. This first premiered at the Miami Film Festival last year and just got released earlier this month on HBO - but we're only catching up with it now. Huracan is a psychological thriller about Alonso Santos (played by writer / director Cassius Corrigan), an aspiring mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder. Legendary UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal, also an executive producer, plays Alonso's final opponent Cain Colon, in this film hailed by critics as so captivating you "can't stop watching." Featuring music composed by Roman Molino Dunn (aka "Electropoint"). The cast includes Yara Martinez, Camila Rodriguez, Steven Spence, and Carlos Guerrero. This looks solid - not just another repetitive MMA drama, there's much more going on in here.

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Vocalist Alexis Cole is an accomplished jazz performer with a sophisticated, urbane style and warm,

resonant voice, well suited to traditional standards and swing. Cole has performed with the likes of Rufus

Reid, Slide Hampton, Ron Affif, John Hebert, and Norma Winstone. Although based in N.Y.C., she

has played and taught in locales worldwide, including teaching at an affiliate of the Berklee College of

Music in Ecuador and as a faculty member in the jazz voice program at SUNY Purchase.

Born in Queens, New York in 1976, Cole grew up in a family with a long history of musical endeavors.

Her grandmother on her mother's side, who was a pianist and singer of jazz standards, initially taught

Alexis "Pennies from Heaven" and other American popular songs. Her father, also a pianist, singer, and

composer, gave her initial piano lessons. Moving with the family to Florida, Cole was a member of the all-

county, all-state, and high-school choirs, and attended the New World School of the Arts on a Young Arts

Scholarship, graduating in 1994. She did her first professional engagements as a teenager at a hotel in

South Beach. Initially enrolling at the University of Miami in their jazz studies program, Cole returned to

the New York area, attaining her Bachelor of Music in 1996 at William Patterson University in New Jersey,

tutored by Nancy Marano and Todd Coolman.

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Quito, Ecuador. Also around this time, Cole attended the Jazz

India Vocal Institute in Mumbai (where she trained in Indian

classical singing). She also participated in the Art of Jazz in Toronto, and was the music director of the

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church in N.Y.C. from 2004-2006. In 2007, she delivered her third full-length

album, Zingaro, which found her shifting from piano accompaniment and working with bassist Jeff

Eckels and guitarist Ron Affif. Two years later, she released her first holiday-themed album, The

Greatest Gift.

Continuing to reinvestigate American popular standards, she focused on the theme of the innocence of

youth for 2010's Someday My Prince Will Come, paid tribute to the late baritone saxophonist Pepper

Adams on 2012's I Carry Your Heart, and channeled sultry romanticism for 2013's Close Your Eyes. In

2014, Chesky Records released A Kiss in the Dark, which featured Cole alongside guitarist Saul

Rubin, saxophonist/clarinetist Dan Block, bassist Pat O'Leary, and drummer Phil Stewart. A

collaboration with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli titled A Beautiful Friendship followed in 2015, and a year

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Twelve seniors from Ransom Everglades School were named National Merit Semifinalists after scoring in the top 1 percent out of 1.5 million students who took the Preliminary SAT exam. The student are as follows: Felipe Clavijo, Liam de Araujo, Margaret Dill, Alex Dray, Fahrenaz Hatami, Axel Hicks, Daniel Jackson, Bruce Jagid, Erik Medina, Gabe Pulido, Maya Rosen, and Viviana Vela.

• Miami Dolphins Tom Garfinkel, left, and head coach Brian Flores, right, participate in a food drive event at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Monday, June 1, 2020. The Miami.Dolphins Foundation announced a multi-million-dollar commitment where they will provide a minimum of 1,000 meals each weekday up to a 12-month period tofamilies in need through a voucher system.

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Maryjane Ortiz-Pallango from Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School in Hollywood was recently named a member of the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS).

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(Boston, MA, September 14 2020)—Refugee Orchestra Project (ROP) is delighted to announce the appointment of Portia Dunkley in the role of Executive Director, taking over from Allison Provaire who now assumes the position of Director of Operations for the organization. Dunkley joins the leadership team alongside founder and Artistic Director, Lidiya Yankovskaya.

Born to immigrant parents, Portia Dunkley is a native of Miami, FL with Bahamian and Haitian Caribbean roots. Early on in life, she was introduced to the double bass and continued her studies graduating from The New World

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In 2017, Portia started Teeny Violini, a mobile music education program for preschools and after-school programs, providing music education services for historically underserved communities, reaching over 600 students from preschool-5th grade weekly through programming. In 2019 Portia was chosen as a Fellow for the SphinxL.EA.D (Leaders in Excellence, arts and Diversity) inaugural cohort. In that same year she was recognized by the Knight Foundation with an Arts Challenge Grant to establish a new South Florida ensemble for her project, Music of the Unsung America, a multi event lecture-concert series that highlights music compositions by Black composers in the shadows of history. This project creates opportunities for Black and Latinx professional classical musicians in South Florida to perform works by Black and other minority composers left out of the "traditional" canon of music.

"I am excited and grateful to take on this new role with The Refugee Project Orchestra. I hope that my work with both with Unsung America and The Refugee Orchestra Project will help build communities of belonging, amplify the voices and creative talents of marginalized artists and inspire young people of all cultures to see themselves reflected in classical music," said Dunkley.

Dunkley joins the organization in what are challenging time for the performing arts in general. The organization has successfully pivoted in recent months, however, to set up a fundraising initiative for its artists where the public are invited to commission original works. One commission has been completed and performed with another four being produced. ROP also performed a short weekend series of open-air, socially distanced concerts in Chicago at the end of August alongside Chicago Opera Theater.

ABOUT REFUGEE ORCHESTRA PROJECT The Refugee Orchestra Project intends - through music - to demonstrate the vitally important role that refugees from across the globe have played in our culture and society.

The project was conceived by conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, who realized in the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis that many of her own closest colleagues and friends were not aware that she - and many others like her - had come to the U.S. as refugees to seek asylum from violence and persecution abroad. Due to the traumatic nature of their experience, refugees are often hesitant to speak openly about their history, and it is common for

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La jueza Barbara Lagoa carece de algunas de las credenciales tradicionales para aspirar al cargo de magistrada de la Corte Suprema, pero sus raices en la comunidad cubanoestadounidense podrian convertirla en una opci6n atractiva para el presidente Trump.

MIAMI — Cuando era una joven asociada de un prestigioso bufete de abogados de Miami, Barbara Lagoa se enfrent6 a un inusual caso pro bono, sin un socio supervisor y contra un adversario formidable: el gobierno de Bill Clinton.

Lagoa representaba a la familia de un nifio de 5 anos que fue encontrado en la costa de Florida, luego de que su madre se ahogara al intentar cruzar desde Cuba. Su nombre era Elian Gonzalez.

Los agentes federales eventualmente detuvieron a Elian para devolverlo a Cuba, donde vivia su padre, desencadenando una conmociOn politica que posiblemente le costO at exvicepresidente Al Gore las elecciones presidenciales de 2000 cuando perdi6 Florida.

"Despues de seis meses, innumerables escritos, algunas noches enteras de trabajo, dos argumentos orales y una redada de medianoche por parte de comandos armados, supimos que ibamos a perder", dijo Eliot Pedrosa, otro abogado del equipo, en una ceremonia celebrada el ano pasado cuando la jueza Lagoa se incorporo a la Corte Suprema de Florida. Dijo que la experiencia de "ver a agentes federales armados usando la fuerza para adelantar el proceso", quack) "grabada en el alma de ella".

Ese episodio formativo ayud6 a moldear la carrera de la jueza Lagoa como fiscala federal y jueza de apelaciones y la introdujo en la cultura politica del sur de Florida, dominada por los republicanos cubanoestadounidenses.

Es una dinamica electoral que, dos decadas despues, sigue siendo poderosa y ha ayudado a que la jueza Lagoa, quien ahora forma parte de la Corte de Apelaciones del 11° Circuito

de Estados Unidos, se posicione como una opciOn atractiva para el presidente Trump al considerar a quiet.) nombrara para reemplazar a Ruth Bader Ginsburg en la Corte Suprema.

"Ella es muy apreciada", dijo Trump —quien tiene programado un viaje a Miami esta semana— a los periodistas el 21 de septiembre. "Recibo Ilamadas telefonicas de mucha gente. Ella tiene mucho apoyo. No la conozco, pero escuche que es sobresaliente".

La jueza Lagoa, de 52 anos, no tiene algunas de las credenciales tradicionales para ser magistrada. Pero como hija de exiliados cubanos, nacida en Estados Unidos, y siendo una figura que ha alcanzado los mas altos niveles de su profesi6n, encarna la clasica version del suerio americano en Miami.

La comunidad cubanoestadounidense admiral su trabajo en el caso de Elian, discrepando de Ia posicion del gobierno federal que afirmaba que el padre del nirio, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, era su unico tutor legal y tenia el derecho de exigir que retornara a Cuba. En ese caso tambien trabajo un joven abogado Ilamado Brett M. Kavanaugh, quien ahora es magistrado de la Corte Suprema, y represent6 a los familiares del nilio en Miami cuando necesitaban un abogado para Ia apelaciOn federal.

Casi toda Ia carrera judicial de Lagoa se ha desarrollado en un tribunal de apelaciones estatal de nivel medio en Miami, donde proces6 principalmente casos de rutina desde 2006 hasta 2019. Cuando se le pidi6 que enumerara sus opiniones mas importantes, destac6 algunas sobre discriminaciOn laboral, analisis de alcohol en sangre, seguro de automOvil, jurisdicci6n personal, estatutos de limitaciones y arbitraje.

Sin embargo, en las posiciones judiciales que ocup6 despues, participo en casos importantes donde se analizO si cientos de miles de personas con condenas por delitos graves en Florida eran elegibles para votar. Los abogados de las personas que fueron condenadas han argumentado que Ia jueza Lagoa deberia haberse recusado Ia segunda vez.

Este mes, el 11° Circuito decidi6 preservar una ley promulgada por Ia Legislatura de Florida que requiere que las personas que cumplieron una condena paguen multas y tarifas judiciales antes de que puedan registrarse para las elecciones. Desmond Meade, director ejecutivo de la CoaliciOn por Ia Restauraci6n de los Derechos de Florida, dijo en un comunicado que eso "silenci6 a cientos de miles de votantes".

"Esa decisi6n demostr6 por que estamos luchando tan duro para que la vida de la gente este por encima de Ia politica". Y agreg6 que "el deseo de poner a la gente por encima de la politica debe ser la actitud de cualquiera que aspire a servir en el tribunal mas alto del pals".

Es precisamente el calculo politico de como el presidente podria consolidar su reeleccion, asegurandose de ganar en Florida, lo que podria reforzar las posibilidades de Ia jueza Lagoa. Los democratas han estado luchando por igualar la popularidad de Hillary Clinton entre los hispanos en el condado de Miami-Dade, un bastion crucial para ganar o perder las elecciones. Parece poco probable que Ia imagen de los senadores dem6cratas ejerciendo presi6n contra una latina, en Ia television nacional, ayude en ese objetivo.

Y aunque la posiciOn de Trump entre los cubanoestadounidenses conservadores es solida, Ia nominaci6n de Lagoa podria atraer emocionalmente a algunos votantes, dijo Jose Felix Diaz, exrepresentante estatal y consultor de Ballard Partners, una firma de cabildeo.

"Creo que a los abuelos y abuelas cubanoestadounidenses les importara", dijo. "Habla de lo bien que los cubanoestadounidenses se han asimilado a Estados Unidos. Cada vez que alguien es el primero en algo, hay una reacci6n sismica".

Sin embargo, algunos miembros de la derecha politica estan preocupados por el hecho de que la jueza no parece tener antecedentes sobre ningOn caso de aborto.

Los principales activistas antiaborto dicen que podrian apoyar la nominaci6n de Ia jueza Lagoa, pero favorecen a Ia jueza Amy Coney Barrett por su historial mas claro sobre casos como Roe vs. Wade, Ia decisiOn de 1973 que estableciO un derecho constitucional al aborto. Les preocupa que una candidata cuya jurisprudencia sobre el tema se desconoce pueda poner en peligro una camparia de decadas para poner fin al derecho al aborto en Estados Unidos, que ahora finalmente parece estar a su alcance.

Aunque es menos conocida en Washington que la jueza Barrett, durante alios los abogados veteranos de Florida han tenido a Lagoa en Ia mira.

Graduada de la Facultad de Derecho de Columbia, donde fue editora de The Columbia Law Review, Ia jueza Lagoa trabaj6 en varios bufetes de abogados de Miami, incluido Greenberg Traurig, antes de unirse a la oficina del fiscal de Estados Unidos para el Distrito Sur de Florida en 2003. Tres alms despues, el gobernador Jeb Bush, un republicano, la nombr6 para el Tribunal de Apelaciones del Tercer Distrito.

Lagoa este casada con Paul C. Huck Jr., socio del bufete de abogados Jones Day y miembro de Ia Sociedad Federalista. Huck se desempeli6 como abogado general del exgobernador Charlie Grist y como fiscal general adjunto de Florida. La pareja tiene tres hijas, incluidas unas mellizas. El suegro de Lagoa, Paul C. Huck, es un juez federal senior en el Distrito Sur de Florida, designado por el presidente Bill Clinton.

El alio pasado, en su segundo dia en el cargo, el gobernador Ron DeSantis de Florida, un dirigente republicano, design6 a la jueza Lagoa a la Corte Suprema del estado. Anunci6 su nominacion en el centro de Miami en Freedom Tower, un edificio impregnado del simbolismo del exilio, donde muchos cubanos ingresaron por primera vez a Estados Unidos. Hablando en espanol, la jueza Lagoa agradeci6 a sus padres y dijo que el suetio que su padre no pudo cumplir en Cuba fue convertirse en abogado.

Ocho meses despues, Trump la nomin6 para el 11° Circuito, donde rapidamente volvi6 a procesar el caso de los derechos de voto de las personas condenadas. El hecho de que Ia jueza Lagoa no se recusara dividi6 a los expertos legales, algunos pensaban que eso contradecia las reglas eticas.

"Ese es un caso en el que Ia recusacion era necesaria para preservar Ia confianza publica en Ia justicia e imparcialidad del poder judicial", dijo Deborah L. Rhode, una autoridad en etica legal en Ia Facultad de Derecho de Stanford. "No recusarse crea tanto el hecho como Ia apariencia de incorreccion".

Lawrence J. Fox, quien ensena etica legal en la Facultad de Derecho de Yale, se mostr6 menos tajante. "Esta situacian presenta un ejemplo serio de la apariencia de incorrecciOn, mas que de Ia incorrecci6n en si misma", dijo.

Bruce A. Green, experto en etica legal de la Facultad de Derecho de Fordham, dijo que la jueza Lagoa explic6 su posiciOn al fallar sobre una moci6n de recusaciOn de los exdelincuentes.

"La jueza Lagoa emitiO una opinion detallada y bien pensada, sustentada en la jurisprudencia, explicando por que no tuvo que recusarse", dijo. "Su opini6n parece bastante convincente y, en cualquier caso, ciertamente no fue un fracaso para la recusacion".

Los dos casos se referian a una medida de votaciOn de 2018 que enmend6 la Constitucion del estado para poner fin a Ia privacion del derecho al voto de las personas condenadas por delitos graves, excepto por asesinato y delitos sexuales, "una vez que completaran todos los terminos de la sentencia, incluida la libertad condicional o la libertad provisional".

El alio siguiente, la Legislatura estatal controlada por los republicanos promulpO una ley que definia esa frase para incluir el pago de multas, restituciones, costos y tarifas.

La jueza Lagoa participo activamente cuando el caso de los exdelincuentes se present6 ante la Corte Suprema de Florida, el 6 de noviembre de 2019. Pero dijo que se tomaba en serio sus obligaciones de recusaci6n.

"La imparcialidad de los jueces, y Ia apariencia de imparcialidad, son claves para asegurar la confianza pUblica en nuestros tribunales", le dijo al Comite Judicial del Senado en octubre.

Dos semanas despues fue confirmada para el 11° Circuito.

La Corte Suprema de Florida emitiO su decision en enero, en contra de las personas que habian cumplido sus condenas. La jueza Lagoa no particip6 en la decisi6n.

Mientras tanto, una demanda federal que desafia la ley estatal bajo la ConstituciOn federal estaba avanzando.

Sin embargo, en julio, el 11° Circuito acepto escuchar el caso y los abogados de los demandantes le pidieron a la jueza Lagoa y a otros dos jueces que se recusaran.

La jueza Lagoa y otro exjuez de la Corte Suprema de Florida, Robert J. Luck, rechazaron la moci6n.

"Jugamos un papel, estuvimos involucrados y participamos en la opini6n consultiva al procedimiento del gobernador", escribieron en una decisi6n de 25 paginas. "Nos sentamos durante la discusiOn oral e hicimos preguntas a los abogados que comparecian ante ese tribunal".

Pero el caso estatal, dijeron, "fue un procedimiento separado que involucrO a diferentes personas, diferentes asuntos y diferentes tribunales".

Este mes, con una votaciOn de 6 a 4, con los jueces Lagoa y Luck en Ia mayoria, el 11° Circuito fano en contra de los exdelincuentes. Si se hubieran recusado, la code de apelaciones se habria estancado, lo cual habria sido una victoria para los demandantes.

Sin embargo, para las personas que intentan promover su nominaciOn en el sur de Florida, Ia historia de vida de Ia jueza Lagoa como hija de inmigrantes es tan importante como su trayectoria.

Sus amigos mencionan su modesta educacion en la ciudad obrera de Hialeah. Montaba en bicicleta y patinaba por el vecindario. Sus padres ahorraron para enviarla a una escuela catolica. Fue un gran logro cuando se fue a Nueva York para estudiar derecho.

"En el pals del que huyeron mis padres, el capricho de un solo individuo podia significar la diferencia entre comida o hambre, libertad o prisi6n, vida o muerte", dijo la jueza Lagoa el ario pasado, cuando fue nominada a la Code Suprema de Florida. "A diferencia del pals del que huyeron mis padres, somos una naci6n de leyes, no de hombres".

Patricia Mazzei report6 desde Miami y Adam Liptak desde Washington. Elizabeth Dias colabor6 con reportes desde Washington.

Patricia Mazzei es la jefa de Ia corresponsalia en Miami, que cubre Florida y Puerto Rico. Antes de unirse a The New York Times, era redactora de politica en The Miami Herald. Nada y creci6 en Venezuela y es biling0e. @PatriciaMazzei • Facebook

Adam Liptak cubre la Corte Suprema y escribe Sidebar, una columna sobre temas legales. Graduado de la Facultad de Derecho de Yale, ejercio Ia abogacia durante 14 atios antes de unirse al Times en 2002. (adamliptak • Facebook

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9/23/2020 2020 elections: Meet the candidates running for Melbourne mayor

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2020 elections: Meet the candidates running for Melbourne mayor Rick Neale Florida Today Published 3:23 p.m. ET Sep. 22, 2020

Melbourne mayor

Term: Four years

Salary: $10,350 per year with a $415 monthly travel allowance

Election date: Nov. 3 (nonpartisan)

District boundaries: Candidates are elected at-large

Paul Alfrey

Age: 50

Occupation: Small business owner

Education: Attended Brevard Community College, Miami-Dade College and Seminole State College; holds numerous licenses and state certifications

Political/government/civic experience: Current vice mayor and District 5 Melbourne City Council member; retired Melbourne police officer; served in the U.S. Coast Guard; Melbourne Regional Chamber member

Contact: [email protected]; 321-508-4339; PaulAlfrey.info

Why are you the best candidate for this position? As your current Melbourne vice mayor and District 5 council member, I am a strong advocate for local businesses with over two decades of business experience myself. While in office, I have improved our pools, parks and facilities including building both Pieloch dog parks through volunteer initiatives, while overseeing many Indian River Lagoon projects. Upcoming challenges include solving the

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aggressive panhandling and homeless issues while providing clean and safe streets. Also under my leadership as vice mayor, Melbourne has rolled back the millage, keeping taxes low. As mayor, I will continue working to solve the many issues affecting our families.

Hazel Buggs

Age: 68

Occupation: Real estate agent

Education: Master of theology in Biblical studies and honorary Doctor of Divinity from Lighthouse Bible College

Political/government/civic experience: Former vice chair of Melbourne Downtown Redevelopment Advisory Committee; former Brevard County Community Action Board member; 2016 candidate for mayor of Melbourne; life member of NAACP

Contact: [email protected]; 321-794-4623; hazelbuggs.com

Why are you the best candidate for this position? COVID-19: It is important to make sure citizens' basic needs are met to stay safe and healthy during this pandemic. Affordable housing: A growing number of Floridians face difficulty in finding affordable housing. I will work to encourage and incentivize the development of affordable housing for our residents that work in service industries, education and other areas where housing is a challenge. Housing for the homeless is an ongoing concern also. Indian River Lagoon: We must protect our Indian River Lagoon from the polluting nutrients that have caused a decline in its health over the past half-century.

C.J. Johnson

Age: 31

Occupation: Founder and CEO at Breakpoint Law

Education: Bachelor of Arts in international business from Florida Southern College; law degree from Nova Southeastern College of Law; Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida

Political/government/civic experience: Interned for Gov. Rick Scott in the Economic Development Unit; contracted city attorney for Apopka, Sanford, Seminole County and Pasco

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County; wrote and passed state legislation that cracks down on internet predators and protects children; member of LEAD Brevard; served as youth leader with Young Life

Contact: [email protected]; 321-209-4983; facebook.com/CJJohnsonforMayor

Why are you the best candidate for this position? 1. Support of small businesses and families by cutting excessive regulations that stifle business and create unnecessary roadblocks for growth. 2. Keeping our community safe by supporting our police, fire and EMT. We must adequately fund our public safety by making their pay and benefits more competitive. By creating a strong positive culture, we can ensure the safety of our community. 3. Properly funding infrastructure to attract businesses and jobs. With a strong infrastructure comes investment in our community. Protecting our assets is essential to creating the best quality of life for our residents of Melbourne.

Molly Tasker

Age: 75

Occupation: Attorney at law

Education: Cocoa High graduate; Associate of Arts from Santa Fe Junior College; Bachelor of Arts in political science from Florida Atlantic University; Juris Doctor from Florida State University College of Law

Political/government/civic experience: Central Intelligence Agency lawyer and operations officer; Melbourne City Council member and vice mayor; Brevard County Legal Aid lawyer; Community Housing Initiative board member

Contact: [email protected]; 321-259-1719; www.mollytasker.com

Why are you the best candidate for this position? My effectiveness while on council is reflected in Melbourne's exceptional economic development, job growth, improved infrastructure, environment and revision of ordinances, all was successfully addressed. These same issues affect us today with the additional problem of economic recovery from COVID-19. We need to leverage all funds — federal, state, private — into projects that create jobs from construction to high tech. Labor at every level will spend locally on restaurants, barbers, child care, rents, mortgages — a trend that leads to more jobs. But it cannot, should not go too fast. It must be carefully orchestrated.

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Miami, 17 sep (EFE News).- El primer festival virtual de teatro hispano de Miami, denominado Teatro On Screen Fest, que conecta via Facebook Live a companias de siete !Daises a partir de este jueves, es un "salvavidas, un aliciente" durante Ia pandemia de COVID-19, afirma su directora, Marilyn Romero.

"No es teatro ni es cine, es un hibrido, un medio de expresion efectivo que da pie a la creatividad", comenta a Efe Romero, de origen cubano y con mas de 35 anos sobre las tablas.

La plataforma Zoom, tan usada en estos dias para reuniones, clases escolares e incluso en procesos judiciales, sirvio de soporte a un proyecto que comenzo con unas "simples" lecturas dramatizadas durante el "encierro".

Junto a la productora Gigi Gonzalez, con quien fun& hace nueve meses Ia compania teatral MarGi Happenings, Romero trazo ciertas pautas que le dieran sentido a un formato que, afirma, "servira para el futuro".

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El primer requerimiento fue que las obras se presentaran a convocatoria sin editar, aunque se podian hacer varias tomas y escoger la mejor.

El otro requisito era que las puestas en escena duren entre 30 y 40 minutos. Luego, indica Romero. el proceso de seleccion se bases en "Ia relevancia del tema, las actuaciones y el use de Ia tecnologia".

El programa se ha cerrado con seis companias que mostraran su trabajo a traves de Facebook hasta el sabado, mas la anfitriona, MarGi Happenings.

Esta Ultima estrenara un clasico contemporaneo, "Pareja abierta", escrita por el premio Nobel de Literatura Dario Fo y quien fue su esposa, Ia actriz, escritora y politica italiana Franca Rame.

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De Bolivia participa Fonoteatro con "Les Suicides"; de Espana el grupo Tranpola, con "No solo Yerma", una version libre de Naiara Herrero sobre la conocida pieza de Federico Garcia Lorca, mientras de Peru estara El Club de los Aquellos, con "El Proceso", bajo la direccion de Daniel

Goya.

Finalmente, de Puerto Rico podra verse la obra "Looking for Robertito", a cargo de Tantai Teatro y Producciones El Barrio, dirigida por Ismanuel Rodriguez.

Segtan dijo Romero, excepto una propuesta de teatro infantil que no cumplio con los requisitos, ninguna compania de Estados Unidos, al margen de la suya, aposto por el evento.

"Dicen que nadie es profeta en su tierra. Recibimos mas de 30 solicitudes pero de los Estados Unidos ninguna", seiialo.

LECTURAS DRAMATIZADAS CON "DOS NIVELES MAS ARRIBA"

Teatro On Screen Festy esta respaldado por el Koubek Center de la universidad Miami-Dade College, un emblematic° centro cultural del sur de Florida que cuenta con sala de teatro, ahora cerrada, con capacidad para 200 espectadores.

"Desde que empezo la pandemia me uni a un grupo de gente y no hemos dejado de hacer cosas; ha sido una salvacion", comenta Romero sobre la genesis del festival.

"Habiamos cuadrado un alio de actividades con lecturas dramatizadas, de las que solo pudimos hacer una. Por suerte, el Kubick nos dio la opcion de hacer lecturas virtuales a traves de Zoom", explica la directora y actriz.

"Entonces quisimos Ilevarlas un par de niveles mas arriba buscando teatralidad, mucha interpretacion y desarrollo de las escenas", detalla.

Las lecturas virtuales comenzaron con "Peticion de mano", una farsa en un acto del narrador y dramaturgo ruso Anton Chejov; siguieron con un texto dramatic° del cubano Virgilio Pifiera, "Estudio en blanco y negro", y tambien echaron mano de "Pareja abierta" de Fo y Rame.

"Es complicadisima para montarla, es la que mas trabajo nos ha costado. Hicimos la lectura dramatizada antes pero ahora ajustamos el texto y la estamos montando para el festival", dice

Romero.

La famosa obra, que versa sobre la doble moral que puede existir alrededor del sexo y el matrimonio, se estrenara el sabado con las actuaciones de Andy Barbosa y Lina Echeverri.

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En un comunicado de prensa, Gonzalez, Ia productora del evento, indico que "el mismo dia que

anunciamos el festival, ya nos empezaron a escribir".

"Sinceramente, no me sorprendio, porque se trata de gente de teatro que quizas Ilevan meses

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"Que yo sepa, es la primera vez que se hace; unos colombianos hicieron un niaraton de obras

cortas, pero de la manera en que lo estamos presentando nosotros, como festival, no he oldo de

otro", apunta Romero.

"Es algo novedoso y tengo el proposito de que esto siga cuando regresemos a la nueva

normalidad", anhelo.

Romero cree que, con Zoom, todavia estan "en un nivel muy artesanal. Aunque vale destacar

que (Ia plataforma) originalmente se creo para hacer reuniones", aiiade la directora mientras

promete al pilblico "calidad artistica, sin concesiones comerciales".

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Miami, 17 sep (EFE News).- El primer festival virtual de teatro hispano de Miami,

denominado Teatro On Screen Fest, que conecta via Facebook Live a comparlias de siete

'Daises a partir de este jueves, es un "salvavidas, un aliciente" durante la pandemia de

COVID-19, afirma su directora, Marilyn Romero.

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"No es teatro ni es cine, es un hibrido, un medio de expresion efectivo que da pie a Ia

creatividad", comenta a Efe Romero, de origen cubano y con mas de 35 anos sobre las

tablas.

La plataforma Zoom, tan usada en estos dias para reuniones, clases escolares e incluso

en procesos judiciales, sirvio de soporte a un proyecto que connenzo con unas "simples"

lecturas dramatizadas durante el "encierro".

Junto a la productora Gigi Gonzalez, con quien fundO hace nueve meses Ia compania

teatral MarGi Happenings, Romero trazo ciertas pautas que le dieran sentido a un

formato que, afirma, "servira para el futuro".

SIN CORTE NI EDICION AUNQUE GRABADO

El primer requerimiento fue que las obras se presentaran a convocatoria sin editar,

aunque se podian hacer varias tomas y escoger la mejor.

El otro requisito era que las puestas en escena duren entre 30 y 40 minutos. Luego,

indica Romero. el proceso de seleccion se bas6 en "la relevancia del tema, las

actuaciones y el use de la tecnologia".

El programa se ha cerrado con seis comparilas que mostraran su trabajo a traves de

Facebook hasta el sabado, mas la anfitriona, MarGi Happenings.

Esta ultima estrenara un clasico contemporaneo, "Pareja abierta", escrita por el premio

Nobel de Literatura Dario Fo y quien fue su esposa, la actriz, escritora y politica italiana

Franca Rame.

De Argentina se presentan las companias D & D, con "El ser y su sombra", en la que

actUan Claudia Duce y Damian Iglesias, quien tambien dirige la pieza, y La Tribu Teatral,

con "Cuarteto", bajo la direcciOn de Patricia Palmer.

De Bolivia participa Fonoteatro con "Les Suicides"; de Espana el grupo Tranpola, con "No

solo Yerma", una version libre de Naiara Herrero sobre la conocida pieza de Federico

Garcia Lorca, mientras de Per0 estara El Club de los Aquellos, con "El Proceso", bajo Ia

direccion de Daniel Goya.

Finalmente, de Puerto Rico podra verse la obra "Looking for Robertito", a cargo de

Tantai Teatro y Producciones El Barrio, dirigida por Ismanuel Rodriguez.

SegUn dijo Romero, excepto una propuesta de teatro infantil que no cumpliO con los

requisitos, ninguna compania de Estados Unidos, al margen de la suya, aposto por el



evento.

"Dicen que nadie es profeta en su tierra. Recibimos mas de 30 solicitudes pero de los

Estados Unidos ninguna", sefialo.

LECTURAS DRAMATIZADAS CON "DOS NIVELES MAS ARRIBA"

Teatro On Screen Festy esta respaldado por el Koubek Center de la universidad Miami-

Dade College, un emblematico centro cultural del sur de Florida que cuenta con sala de

teatro, ahora cerrada, con capacidad para 200 espectadores.

"Desde que empezo la pandemia me uni a un grupo de gente y no hemos dejado de

hacer cosas; ha sido una salvacion", comenta Romero sobre la genesis del festival.

"Habfamos cuadrado un ano de actividades con lecturas dramatizadas, de las que solo

pudimos hacer una. Por suerte, el Kubick nos dio Ia opcion de hacer lecturas virtuales a

traves de Zoom", explica la directora y actriz.

"Entonces quisimos Ilevarlas un par de niveles mas arriba buscando teatralidad, mucha

interpretacion y desarrollo de las escenas", detalla.

Las lecturas virtuales comenzaron con "Peticion de mano", una farsa en un acto del

narrador y dramaturgo ruso AntOn Chejov; siguieron con un texto dramatico del cubano

Virgilio Pinera, "Estudio en blanco y negro", y tambien echaron mano de "Pareja abierta"

de Fo y Rame.

"Es complicadisima para montarla, es la que mas trabajo nos ha costado. Hicimos Ia

lectura dramatizada antes pero ahora ajustamos el texto y la estamos montando para el

festival", dice Romero.

La famosa obra, que versa sobre la doble moral que puede existir alrededor del sexo y

el matrimonio, se estrenara el sabado con las actuaciones de Andy Barbosa y Lina

Echeverri.

ZOOM NO NACIO PARA EL TEATRO, PERO LE SIRVE

En un comunicado de prensa, Gonzalez, la productora del evento, indica que "el mismo

dia que anunciamos el festival, ya nos empezaron a escribir".

"Sinceramente, no me sorprendio, porque se trata de gente de teatro que quizas Ilevan

meses sin poder hacer teatro; es muy gratificante poder ofrecerles este foro en el que

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festival, no he oido de otro", apunta Romero.

"Es algo novedoso y tengo el proposito de que esto siga cuando regresemos a la nueva

normalidad", anhelo.

Romero cree que, con Zoom, todavia estan "en un nivel muy artesanal. Aunque vale

destacar que (la plataforma) originalmente se creo para hacer reuniones", anade la

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El Instituto Tecnologico de Massachusetts (MIT) ha sido seleccionado por Ia consultora GQ, una de las mas prestigiosas en ese ambito, come) Ia mejor universidad del mundo durante nueve anos consecutivos. Por las aulas de ese centro de estudios han pasado estudiantes de todo el mundo, entre ellos algunos cubanos.

Sabrina Romero nacio y vivid en Centro Habana hasta los 17 anos, cuando emigre) hacia los Estados Unidos. Alli terming sus estudios medios e ingreso al programa de honores de Miami Dade College (MDC).

Uno de los mayores anhelos de Romero, actualmente estudiante de Ciencias de la Computacion en el MIT era precisamente ese, matricular la carrera universitaria de su preferencia en Ia mejor universidad posible.

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Jose Muguria Iturralde, un joven de 22 arms que vivid en Arroyo Naranjo, La Habana, hasta los 17, cuando emigra a Estados Unidos, escucho hablar por primera ocasion del MIT "en una pelicula de Ciencia Ficcion en donde el protagonista este aplicando para estudiar alli y tienen que crear este super proyecto de ciencias para poder ser aceptado".

Actualmente el MIT cuenta con mas de 80 premios Nobel si sumamos a sus egresados y profesores. Ademas, par el centro de estudios han pasado personalidades coma Kofi Annan, ex secretario general de Ia ONU, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor de la World Wide Web, Benjamin Netantahu, primer ministro de Israel o Richard Stallman, fundador del movimiento del software libre.

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Osvy Rodriguez, quien Mega a Estados Unidos poco antes de cumplir los 21 anos, cuando cursaba el segundo and de la carrera de Telecomunicaciones en la Universidad Tecnologica Jose Antonio Echeverria (CUJAE), conocio la existencia del prestigioso centro por Sabrina Romero, con quien compartia clases en MDC.

Para Rodriguez estudiar en MIT "era un suerio". Cuando supo de "las posibilidades que tendria de trabajar con las personas mas importantes en el campo de la carrera que queria estudiar" se convirtio en su principal objetivo, cuenta a DIARIO DE CUBA.

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El camino para Osvy Rodriguez fue el siguiente: Empezo sus estudios en MDC, lo que seria el equivalente a un colegio pUblico, donde recibio las asignaturas mas generales como Calculo, Fisica, Quimica y Biologia. Alli se inscribio en el Honor College, "que es un grupo selecto de aproximadamente unos 50 estudiantes del antiguo Interamerican Campus", cuenta.


En el mencionado programa le informaron sobre las mejores universidades del pals y los procesos para ingresar en ellas. Para el MIT, por ejemplo, tuvo que

hacer tres examenes diferentes; Ingles, Matematicas y Fisica.

"Los resultados de esos examenes los envie al MIT y luego tuve que hacer una aplicacion, rellenar un formulario, escribir algunos ensayos explicando por que queria estudiar en esa escuela. Ellos quieren conocerte como persona, y si ellos creen que eres un buen candidato te aceptan. No es un proceso fad, porque ese ano aplicaron aproximadamente 520 personas y fueron aceptados solo 23, entre los que habiamos 3 cubanos", explica Rodriguez.

El proceso de admision es sumamente riguroso, al punto de ser calificado por The Atlantic Monthly como la universidad mas selectiva de los Estados Unidos.

Muguria, que matricula en Ciencias de Ia Computacion, cuenta que lo que mas le ha impresionado de su centro de estudios es "poder dar clases con un profesor que no solo domina el contenido de su materia, sino que a su vez es un reconocido cientifico en ese campo y probablemente los contenidos de esas clases fueron sus propios aportes al campo de estudios de la materia que imparte".

Algunos calculos dicen que los ingresos agregados de las empresas fundadas por los exalumnos del centro lo situarian como la undecima mayor economia del mundo.

A Rodriguez, nada mas entrar lo impresiono "la amplia gama de oportunidades que hay en cualquier campo que te interese", ademas de la posibilidad de "trabajar con profesores que son lideres en su campo y son los que mas conocen en el mundo de ese tema especifico".

El MIT tambien le brinda la "oportunidad de estar cerca de ellos los tres o cuatro arias que dure la carrera. La escuela tiene muy buenas infraestructuras, por lo que tienes la oportunidad desde que estas estudiando de hacer investigaciones, tienes laboratorios para trabajar con las 61timas tecnologias", cuenta.

La principal diferencia con Ia educacion en Cuba, explica Sabrina Romero, "es que el sistema educativo en MIT y en los Estados Unidos en general es mucho flexible"


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porque "aqui puedes escoger el enfoque que le das a tus estudios y el orden en el que tomas las clases, mientras Ia Universidad en Cuba solo permite escoger asignaturas Fiscalia electivas de un set especifico". egipcia

investiga el Muguria dice que su carrera "en terminos de contenido desplome tiene muchas similitudes" con la impartida en Ia de cuatro Universidad de La Habana, pero "los recursos a to edificaciones disposicion en MIT superan notablemente a aquellos en 11:08 Cuba". Comments

Tambien anade que "en MIT no solo se tiene un enfoque de adquirir conocimientos por el mero hecho de tenerlos, sino que se valora mucho coma poder adquirir esos conocimientos y aplicarlos para resolver problemas que nos estan afectando actualmente. Es una escuela en el que el trabajo duro muchas veces es valorado mas que la pura inteligencia".

Adaptarse a ese nuevo sistema de estudios es una de las cuestiones mas complicadas para los cubanos.

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Osvy Rodriguez explica que "todas las semanas hay Incendios examenes, tareas en practicamente todas las clases. Es destruyen dificil planificar el tiempo para que rinds para enfocarnos 40.000 en las prioridades de cada semana. Es un proceso de hectareas constante adaptacion". del Gran

Pantanal "En casi todas las escuelas de EEUU hay proyectos en los brasilerio que se puede colaborar con los profesores, y de no 11:08 adaptarte a eso te quedas arras. Esos proyectos te Comments pueden consumir entre 20 y 40 horas a Ia semana", ariade. Inundaciones

en Sudan Muguria dice que "al inicio fue un cambio un poco dejan 65 brusco, ya que la cantidad de trabajos y tareas casi fallecidos y Ilegaron a triplicarse y uno necesita manejar su tiempo darios sabiamente en MIT si quiere sobrevivir. Es un desafio materiales buscar el balance en el estudio para obtener buenos 11:08 resultados y Ilevar tambien una vida social adecuada". Comments

Para Sabrina Romero el mayor sacrificio que ha implicado estudiar en una universidad de esa calidad fue tener que emigrar sin su madre.

En el caso de Muguria lo mas dificil fue "dejar a toda mi familia y aventurarme a vivir solo en una ciudad desconocida", pero "uno como inmigrante tiene que aprender que esa realidad no va a continuar y tiene que poder adaptarse a un mundo nuevo y desconocido y eso de cierto modo me ayucla en mi transicion a poder vivir


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solo en Ia ciudad de Boston", explica.

"No creo que he hecho grandes sacrificios mas alla de no vivir en mi pais, trasladarme a una cultura diferente, que me parece maravillosa, pero es diferente a Ia mia", dice Osvy Rodriguez. Ademas, reconoce que estar lejos de su familia y ver disminuido su tiempo de ocio son otras perdidas, pero a la vez considera "que este es el momento de estudiar y esforzarse".

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Sobre el financiamiento de los estudios nos conto Campesino Muguria que debido a que su familia Mega a Estados opositor Unidos recientemente "no contaban con Ia situaciOn cumple mas econornica ideal", pues sus padres "era graduados de 20 dias universitarios en Cuba, pero sus salarios ally nunca nos tras las rejas permitieron reunir un dinero para traer cuando 11:04 salieramos de la Isla". Comments

Siempre tuvieron miedo sabre el precio de los estudios del hijo ya que el costo anual de su carrera es de 65.000 dolares, pero "afortunadamente MIT tiene una politica similar a muchas prestigiosas universidades que se comprometen a pagar el costo de la carrera de aquellas personas que demuestren tener una situacion financiera que Ies haga imposible costearse sus estudios", explica Muguria.

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Actualmente recibe una ayuda financiera que le ayuda a Comments pagar ademas de las clases "la vivienda, alimentacion, transporte e incluso gastos de primera necesidad". Hasta Frank ahora no tiene deudas estudiantiles y confiesa que Herrera tambien recibe anualmente "una pequena beca agradece estudiantil de Jorge Mas Canosa Freedom Foundation" la apoyo de cual lo ayuda con costos adicionales en Ia universidad. los

aficionados Osvy Rodriguez explica que "el dinero con que se paga cuando mi educacion no ha salido de mi bolsillo desde que estoy estaba en el en EEUU, y la razor) es bien sencilla: aqui hay becas que consisten en que si eres un estudiante cuya familia no tiene ingresos elevados eres elegible para que la escuela, o companias privadas, u organizaciones que apoyen grupos latinos, hispanos, cubanos o minorias, to sufraguen los gastos".

"Yo he tenido la suerte de que tanto companias privadas como el MIT, MDC y organizaciones que apoyan a los cubanos me han ayudado a financiar mi educacion, lo que me ha permitido enfocarme en el estudio y desarrollarme profesionalmente en lugar de buscar el sustento economico diario", explica.



Sobre los consejos que ofreceria a las universidades cubanas, Rodriguez, que fue el ilinico de los tres jovenes que curso estudios superiores en la Isla nos cuenta que "hay una diferencia grande en el tema de los recursos,

pero teniendo en cuenta eso, creo que es importante que con los recursos que cuenten brinden una mejor guia a los estudiantes".

En su opinion a los mas jovenes deben decirle desde el primer dia "esta carrera estudia esto y tienes este campo y puedes hablar con tal profesor para hacer una antena o un satelite, o que compania se puede poner en contacto con la universidad".

"Esa guia yo no la tuve, en segundo ano en Cuba, no sabia de que iba a ser mi tesis", explica.

En su opinion otra recomendacion "es estar en contacto con las compariias en que puedes trabajar despues de graduado".

"Aqui casi todos los veranos los estudiantes trabajamos en companias que nos ayudan a ganar un dinerito y estar en contacto con nuestro futuro trabajo para saber si nos gustara, o las habilidades que podemos tener menos desarrolladas, o ponerle mas interes a las clases que crees que mejor to van a preparar. Esto no es algo que hay que hacer en cuarto ni quinto ano, sino desde el primer semestre", explica.

Uno de los consejos que dan los estudiantes a sus homologos cubanos es que Ilegar a centros como este no es imposible. Conlleva mucho esfuerzo y dedicacion, pero a pesar de los premios Nobel y los magnificos laboratorios, el verdadero valor del MIT radica en sus estudiantes, y es esa la principal brecha para entrar.

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