{"id":9454,"date":"2016-11-19T22:42:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T03:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=9454"},"modified":"2021-04-06T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T16:50:22","slug":"wolfson-campus-executive-assistant-blends-clerical-work-love-music-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wolfson-campus-executive-assistant-blends-clerical-work-love-music-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfson Campus Executive Assistant Blends Administrative Work With Love For Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9456\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Viviam3b.jpg\" alt=\"Vivi\u00e1m Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez on the radio.\" width=\"491\" height=\"349\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OMAR NEGRIN \\ THE REPORTER<br \/>M\u00fasica Latina: Vivi\u00e1m Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez reaching out to listeners of Cubaneando through her various social media platforms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only visible hint that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vivi\u00e1m Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez, the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">business suit-wearing executive assistant to Wolfson Campus president Richard Soria, is a veteran host of a weekly radio program is the microphone stand tucked away in a corner of her office. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s active role outside the College is based on her devotion to preserving the musical culture of her heritage. The poised administrative assistant balances her job at Miami Dade College with a colorful and musical existence. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s binder of clippings from her career in the spotlight, shows a charismatic and glamorous life that after 5 p.m. requires sequined gowns or a radio mixer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While working full-time at the College, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> often spends up to four days preparing for her Wednesday night radio program called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cubaneando<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <a href=\"https:\/\/wdna.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">WDNA \u00a088.9 FM<\/span><\/a>. Her show specializes in Cuban music as well as its history and global expansion. Three nights per month, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also acts as a master of ceremonies at social affairs such as charity events and conferences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI love doing all these things that allow me to be super connected to my community,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0said. \u201cI\u2019m very engaged. Dedicating a lot of my hours every week to my community is very essential. I feel like I could not be without doing this.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a typical Wednesday night, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0scans the walls of the WDNA music collection, with thousands of CD\u2019s lining the bookshelves from the floor to the ceiling, looking for the right sounds to feature in her program. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She almost always gravitates toward performers like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cachao L\u00f3pez <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and El Gran Fellove, but often likes to features newer, more obscure artists, like Lucas Van <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merwijk and his Cubop City Big Band, a band from the Netherlands, who recently released an album with Spanish versions of classic Earth Wind and Fire songs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the studio, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> multitasks between managing the equipment, speaking to her listeners and picking the next song. The equipment clicks and whirs. Lights blink on the mixing board. After every song she gives a brief description of the title and artists, before delving into a quick \u00a0lesson on the contribution each artist has made to Latin jazz. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cubaneando<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program is a combination of heavily curated and researched playlists to interviews with renowned figures in the Miami arts and culture scene. She has interviewed all kinds of musicians, sculptors and theatre directors. The list has included anyone from Nilo Cruz, the first Hispanic Pulitzer prize winner for theatre, to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bebo Vald\u00e9s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Israel <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cachao L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, famous Cuban musicians. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s over 70 musical genres stemming from a beautiful little island called Cuba,\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI would always hear that kind of thing at home, so I think I got that from my dad.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, having many of these artists featured on her program is an important documentation and also a way to share that history. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn a way it\u2019s saying: I\u2019m rescuing you here. Your history will not be forgotten; your legacy is with us,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said. \u00a0\u201cAnd: Hey! New generations, learn about these magnificent musicians that are performers and really, creators and pioneers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most interesting experiences that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had on her program was the reunion of three musical legends in 2006, Bebo Vald\u00e9s, Cachao L\u00f3pez and Generoso Jim\u00e9nez, who were already in their 90\u2019s at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three masters hadn&#8217;t seen each other for more than 50 years, but they were all featured on the program at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides hosting, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is involved in the production process of the program, from working the equipment and creating playlists to responding to people on social media. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEverything that I do is my baby from beginning to end,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said. \u201cPre-producing, doing research, finding recordings, finding rarities. The show really comes with that preparation and researching\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also serves as the vice president of the board of trustees for WDNA, attending weekly board meetings and representing the station at public events. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staffed by more than 30 volunteer DJ\u2019s and hosts, WDNA\u2019s mission is to provide quality music \u00a0and cultural programming to the residents of South Florida and beyond. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WDNA general manager Maggie Pelley\u00e1 said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is committed to the station\u2019s mission of promoting jazz, alternative voices, and the marriage of entertainment with enrichment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou want somebody involved in the station that cares about the vision, that cares about broadcast. Someone that cares about the importance of keeping a nonprofit radio station going,\u201d \u00a0Pelley\u00e1 said. \u201cOur main focus is to educate, and in her case, it\u2019s about Cuban music and its roots, and not only its roots but coming into the contemporary. She tries as much as possible to keep abreast of all kinds of Cuban music.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the added responsibilities, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> loves being involved in producing her show and having complete creative control of the program. She has also worked in radio news at Univisi\u00f3n Am\u00e9rica a Spanish language radio station that covered Los Angeles, Texas, Chicago and Miami. It was a natural fit despite her lack of experience. From 2012 to 2014, she also maintained her program at WDNA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI had never done news in my life. I\u2019d written in cultural newspapers but actual hardcore news, I had never done it,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a team of eight journalists was reduced to three, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> became the only woman on her team, working with people who were veterans in the field. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She created daily news packages on topics like the weather, the 2012 elections, the Boston bombings and the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI said, you know, I\u2019m just going to jump in and do it like I\u2019ve always done,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A day for Lopez started at 3 p.m. at Univisi\u00f3n; her workday ended at around 2 a.m. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStarting my news, researching my news, looking for audio, making phone calls, starting to write, editing, recording, adding audio bites, creating these capsules, I would also do the weather and the traffic,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said. \u201cOn days that I had my radio show I would use my dinner time to go to the other radio station. Thankfully it was not too far. So I would do my radio show right there, change hats, and then go back to Univisi\u00f3n.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A family seeped in Cuban culture and the arts<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was born to Cuban parents in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she was raised and attended university. She came from a family of educators, being fluent in English, Spanish and French as well as speaking some basic Italian and Portuguese. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a hobby, she also played the bass guitar. After graduating with the highest honors from Universidad de Puerto Rico with a degree in public communications, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved to Miami in 1988. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within a week, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found her first job here. She worked in the human resources department at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamilton Risk Management Co. for about seven years before moving on to become the executive assistant to the president and CEO for the next 15 years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite her administrative background, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> always felt that working in radio was her passion. For <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, radio was the perfect way to blend her love of people, music and language. In 1995 she started hosting a similar show at WDNA. While at the same time working as executive assistant to the president and CEO of Hamilton Risk Management. She hosted a two-time award-winning show called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fusion Latina<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a bilingual cultural program with an educational focus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s so magical; it\u2019s so powerful,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said about radio. \u201cIt can get to so many places at the same time. I paint a picture for you and you absorb it the way you want it. I\u2019m able to let your imagination fly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlos Oliva of the band <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Sobrinos del Juez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and longtime friend of the radio producer said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is very knowledgeable and has a unique passion for music. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[She\u2019s] just like any musician. She not only speaks well and knows about music, she feels it,\u201d Oliva said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stability in Administration<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2014, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started working at MDC as executive assistant to former Wolfson Campus College President, Jos\u00e9 A. Vicente. She credits him with encouraging her involvement in various MDC events, like voicing and hosting more than two dozen MDC-TV recordings as well as emceeing the Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex grand opening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI know this College is so ever-growing and this campus is home to so many amazing events that I knew I could contribute to,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said. \u201cNot just in the administrative part of it, but I also could bring a more artistic side that would give it some color.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her current boss, Wolfson Campus President Richard Soria, praises her work ethic. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of Soria\u2019s calendar. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soria said she is \u201ca role model for other staff on campus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> credits her love of radio to strong desire of wanting to educate and communicate effectively. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI always wanted to educate people; I always wanted to teach people,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00f3pez said<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cI\u2019m always very patient, detailed. It\u2019s a combination of that internal educator in me but that artist in me who is a little bit crazy. I\u2019m happiest when I\u2019m behind the scenes. I\u2019ll always be a producer at heart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only visible hint that Vivi\u00e1m Mar\u00eda L\u00f3pez, the business suit-wearing executive assistant to Wolfson Campus president Richard Soria, is a veteran host of a weekly radio program is the microphone stand tucked away in a corner of her office. 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