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17-Year-Old Brewing Up Business With Cuban Coffee Cart

March 20, 2025 Yazid Guelida The Idea Center, Easterseals Academy

Leandro Ortega has always had a business mindset. Three years ago, the Cuban-born teenager started a mobile car wash company with his dad. “I work on weekends, from six in the morning to five or six in the evening,” Ortega said. This past summer, the 17-year-old tapped into his… Read the rest at our website.

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Mailroom Mainstay Retires After 42 Years At North Campus: ‘His Presence Will Be Missed’

March 18, 2025 Isabella Arce retirement

Ricky Nelson Sr. has been a North Campus staple for more than 40 years. His professional journey—he was a preschool student at the campus in the late 1960s—at the College started in 1983 as a fresh-faced teenager working as a part-time custodian. Seven years later he started working full-time… Read the rest at our website.

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SAS Students Attempt To Close The Financial Literacy Gap

March 14, 2025 Andrea Briones School for Advance Studies

In January of 2024, Carlos Reyes and Lucas Ross, students at Miami Dade College’s School for Advance Studies, realized their high school curriculum lacked financial literacy. Inspired to fill the gap, the North Campus students launched FinanceFirst, an organization created to help children, teenagers and adults improve their financial… Read the rest at our website.

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Wildlife At Kendall Campus Provides A Respite From Everyday Stresses

March 12, 2025 Isabella Arce

Kendall Campus is a 185-acre hub for academics and wildlife. Beyond its classrooms and bustling student life, the campus is home to a variety of animals that have made its greenery and lakes their sanctuary. Among the most beloved creatures at Kendall Campus are the cats. The nimble felines… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami Film Festival Returns For Its 42nd Rendition

March 7, 2025 Andrea Briones Miami Film Festival

Cue the lights, roll the cameras and pass the popcorn—the Miami Film Festival is back for its 42nd installment. The festival, which runs from April 3 through April 13, showcases 115 feature films and 100 shorts from more than 45 countries. They will be screened at venues, such as… Read the rest at our website.

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What Are Your Rights If You Are Approached By An Immigration And Customs Enforcement Agent?

March 6, 2025 Ivette Gomez

On Feb. 13, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bill SB 2-C into law. The legislation, which aligns with the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, increases penalties for crimes committed by undocumented immigrants and allocates nearly $300 million toward illegal immigration enforcement. “This budget means that police officers will… Read the rest at our website.

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Martial Arts Community Mourns The Loss Of Judo Jack

March 5, 2025 Yazid Guelida Obituary, Judo

Charles Brown met Leyshon ‘Jack’ Williams at North Campus the same way hundreds of others did. “I was walking through the hallway, that’s where Jack was handing out flyers and promoting [his judo] class,” said Brown, who eventually became Williams’ student and assistant. “That’s how I met him.” Judo… Read the rest at our website.

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The Reporter Takes Over The Big Apple

March 3, 2025 Isabella Arce New York City

Last week, The Reporter attended the College Media Association’s ProCon 25: Spring National College Media Convention from Feb. 25 through March 1 in New York City. The traveling crew consisted of our media adviser Manolo Barco, photo editor Alejandra Quiroz, news writer Yazid Guelida, photographer Geovanny Marcos-Pedro and myself. … Read the rest at our website.

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Dominican Students Association Returns After A Nearly Two Decade Hiatus

February 21, 2025 Ivette Gomez Dominican Student Association

When Elsa Tanis first arrived at North Campus in 2001 she struggled to fit in. Two years after arriving in the United States her English was shaky and she missed her hometown—Santo Domingo. But then she had a breakthrough. Tanis found some of the Caribbean flavor she had been… Read the rest at our website.

News Padrón Campus

Professor Develops AI Platform That Predicts Outcomes For Eye Diseases

February 20, 2025 Isabella Arce

As a kid, Dinesh Vidhani often visited his mom’s job at a drug development company in India to see her work as a scientist. Her research inspired him to follow in her footsteps and become a chemist. Today, Vidhani is an associate chemistry professor at Eduardo J. Padrón Campus.… Read the rest at our website.

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