Flavia Cuervo, a life-long Miami Lakes resident who attended Miami Lakes K-8 and then graduated from Miami Lakes Educational Center's (MLEC) Cambridge Academy, recently graduated from Harvard University. At MLEC, Cuervo attended the journalism strand and was the top student in her class, a Gates Millennium Scholar, a Mas Family Scholar, a Silver Knight nominee and editor-inchief of The Harbinger, MLEC’s student-run newspaper.