For 17 years, generations of students in the TRIO Program at Miami Dade College were guaranteed to find good advice and a tasty snack waiting for them when they visited Eon Alleyne-McMayo.
The 75-year-old academic adviser, who...
During a nearly four-decade-long career at Miami Dade College, Nanette Orange was always compassionate.
Whether it was serving as a counselor, financial aid adviser, contracts administrator or a paralegal—she put others first.
“She’s a kind, patient individual and...
Glen Fulton grew up in St. Louis, Missouri helping his mother—Mayola Fulton—raise his four siblings.
He cooked, cleaned and maintained the yard to ensure Mayola,...
For almost two decades, Sylvia Orozco-Vaca devoted herself to students at Kendall Campus.
She taught college prep and English courses, using analogies and puzzles to...
Beate Hughes-Brown was looking for guidance when she connected with Iliana Castillo-Frick.
Following a workforce development program hosted by the University of Miami in 1993,...
After arriving from Ecuador in 2015, Melani Andrade was hesitant to speak English because she feared her peers would ridicule her accent.
But after she...
Two weeks after fleeing the Dominican Republic and an abusive marriage, Elena Alvarez was stuck.
Defeated and jobless, she was forced to live with her...
Clyde Pfleegor listened intently as a sea of students peppered the 65-year-old with endless compliments during a criminal justice class, taught by sergeant Steven...
Ricardo Pau-Llosa stands out among his colleagues.
The art aficionado with a passion for writing can easily be recognized when roaming Kendall Campus, armed with...
A home crowd’s vivacious roars filled the arena. Anthony Fiorenza had experienced this hundreds of times before.
But this time, the uproar was for him.
On...
