While growing up in Venezuela, Dali Ruiz marveled at her mother’s artistry to make people look their best as a certified nail technician and facial and body therapist. She followed in her mother’s footsteps in her homeland and later was seeking to start her own business but in another country. Her television set was her window to America and watching shows on the increasing success of nails and spa salons...

  Miami Lakes residents can sign up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a free children’s reading program that mails a new book to the home of a new born up to 5 years old. Every child can have books of their very own, at no cost to the parents, thanks to the program. The key to proficiency in reading is to start early and begin reading to children the day their are born, according to the program. Additionally, the more...

  Miami Lakes Veteran’s Committee will host a Veterans Job Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, at the Roberto Alonso Community Center at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue. The Job Fair is open to veterans and businesses in Miami-Dade County. Veterans interested in attending are required to bring copies of the following documents: • A valid Driver’s License; • DD-214 that shows type of discharge...

  G&I Medical Research Center, newly located at 16371 N.W. 67 Avenue in the Windmill Gate Shopping Center, is a medical research facility that specializes in clinical trials and also offers in-house medical and cosmetic procedures such as facials, botox, varicose vein removal, laser hair removal, and more. The research center opened in fall 2014.  The facility, which holds clinical trials on pharmaceuticals as a final approval...

  Michelle Orchid Rodriguez, owner of Miami Lakes based massage center Lumina Massage, is hosting community events aimed to inform the public on healthy living. Rodriguez will be giving a lecture titled “Miami Talk Foods For Spring: Eating Seasonally, Eating Fresh” at Nutrition Smart, located at 16250 NW 57 Avenue, on April 18 at 4 p.m. The event is open to the public and those interested in attending can RSVP by calling the...