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May 2
1 min

FACE Podcast Cuban Women Making History with Sandra Gonzalez-Levy

This week we caught up with Sandra Gonzalez-Levy, Senior VP at Florida International University and a past chair at Facts About Cuban Exiles (FACE). She has been a staple in the South Florida Community over the last several decades and shares with us why she never thought a about glass ceiling. See more at facecuba.org #FACE #factsaboutcubanexiles #CubanAmerican #cuban #women

Apr 3
1 min

FACE Presents Tony Argiz, BDO Board Member and South Florida Managing Member

Tony Argiz is the recipient of the 2022 FACE Excellence Awards in Business. See and hear a little bit of his story in this preview clip.

Apr 3
1 min

FACE Presents Alberto Ibarguen, President & CEO of Knight Foundation

Alberto Ibargüen is the recipient of the 2022 FACE Excellence Award in Philanthropy. See and hear him talk about his Cuban roots and how it has impacted his life. #FACE #FactsAboutCubanExiles #KnightFoundation #cubanamerican #AlbertoIbargüen

Feb 17
1 min

Codina Partners, 2022 Diamond Sponsor

2022 DIAMOND LEVEL SPONSOR Codina Partners, a distinguished real estate development, management, and investment firm, based in Coral Gables.

Nov 17, 2021
1 min

Eduardo Garcia, 2020-2021 FACE Chairman

Meet our Chairman, Ed Garcia. He was elected as chairman of the board for Facts About Cuban Exiles (FACE) in 2019 and will serve his term through 2021. We are so proud to have a leader like Ed, who is dedicated to his community and his family. As a proud Cuban-American he is leading FACE into a new chapter in preserving our Cuban heritage for generations to come. Mr. Garcia is an attorney admitted to practice in the State of Florida since 1994, when he graduated from the Uni

Aug 22, 2021
1 min

Katherine Fernandez-Rundle

State Attorney, Miami-Dade County Katherine Fernandez-Rundle was the first and only #CubanAmerican who has served as a state attorney in Miami-Dade County. She was appointed by then Governor Chiles (1993). ⁠ #FACE #FactsAboutCubanExiles #Miami #Florida #law

Aug 13, 2021
1 min

Mayor Ana M. Ziade

City of North Lauderdale Mayor Mayor Ana M. Ziade is not only the City of North Lauderdale's first elected female mayor, but also the City's first elected Hispanic mayor. The daughter of Cuban immigrants exiled by the Castro regime in 1959, her parents instilled the importance of citizenship, civic duty, and especially the right and need to vote. Although born in California, her family moved back to South Florida, where she grew up and attended public schools in Oakland Park

Aug 11, 2021
1 min

Miami nonprofit’s team of volunteer lawyers advocates for SOS Cuba detainees, prisoners

Originally Aired on Channel 10 News Miami MIAMI – A Miami nonprofit organization assembled a new legal team to advocate for the Cubans who continue to be punished for demonstrating against the communist-run island’s government. Besieged by COVID, Cubans are facing shortages of food and medicines, intermittent power outages, repression, and death. Click on the image below to see the original video. #FactsAboutCubanExiles #FACE

Jun 16, 2021
1 min

Hector Sanyustiz

The Father of "El Mariel" "On April 1, 1980, Hector Sanyustiz crashed a bus through the gates of the Peruvian Embassy in the Miramar section of Havana...Sanyustiz's bus became the spark that lit a long smoldering fire." Read more in "Cubans an Epic Journey" visit Amazon to purchase the book. Sign up to receive the latest updates in the subscription link at the bottom of this page. #FACE #FactsAboutCuanExiles #Cuban #Exiles

Mar 24, 2019
5 min

Tony Argiz, Chairman & CEO, MBAF, the 2019 recipient of the Sand in My Shoes Award

Congratulations to Tony Argiz, Chairman and CEO/MBAF, the 2019 recipient of the Sand in My Shoes Award, the Greater Miami Chamber's most prestigious accolade. Mr. Argiz is an outstanding community leader who has made significant contribution to the South Florida region, demonstrating a deep love and commitment to Miami as the best possible place to live, work and play. The History The Award takes its name for a live broadcast from Downtown Miami on Thursday, December 31, 1981