Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid was the guest speaker at the 2019 Dan Marino Foundation Campus graduation ceremony at Miami Lakes Educational Center. The program provides post-secondary education for young adults with autism and other development disabilities. Cid said he had the pleasure of meeting Haley Moss (pictured here), who’s the first openly autistic female attorney in the state of Florida. “She’s an incredible inspiration to all,” Cid said.

Recently the News and World Report ranked Jose Marti MAST (JMMAST) as the eighth best high school in Miami-Dade County among traditional and charter schools. The school has also been ranked 12th amongst all Florida high schools and 27th amongst magnet high schools across America and 98th nationally. There are still seats available for incoming seventh, eighth and ninth grade students. For more information or to apply visit: www.mast3.com.

JetStream Federal Credit Union once again partnered with the Center for Financial Training (CFT) and Miami Dade College (MDC) for the annual Future Bankers’ Camp Program.The program provides a hands-on experience for high school students interested in careers in the financial industry. It is a two-week educational track at MDC and a two-week internship at a financial institution.After successful completion of the program, the students receive...

Miami Dade College Foundation and the acclaimed Eig-Watson School of Aviation at MDC awarded five students with the prestigious Saul and Lois Eig Watson Scholarship to support their dream of becoming an airline and commercial pilot.The 2019 scholarship recipients include Jose Manuel Garcia, Yassel Garcia Herrera, Jonathan Sergio Ibarra, Andres Laluz and David F. Zambrano joining the group of more than 230 aspiring airline and commercial...

St. Thomas University (STU) was recently awarded a $3 million unrestricted gift from the Frank E. Murphy Foundation to be used to further new initiatives at the college.“We are extremely grateful to receive this transformational gift,” said STU president David A. Armstrong “An unrestricted gift of this magnitude is an opportunity to move our university forward, accelerate our momentum and fuel our progress. The impact of this gift reaches...