Justo Rodriguez Santos was a Cuban poet and member of Origenes, a prominent group of writers founded by Jose Lezama Lima. Rodriguez was born in Santiago and became disillusioned with Castro's government, leaving for New York City in 1967. He worked as an advertising executive for Goya Foods in the United States.
Roberto Rodríguez de Aragón was born in Güines, Havana, Cuba in 1927. During his exile in Miami, Florida, he was a member of Comandos L and the Pinos Nuevos organization. He also was National President of Municipios de Cuba en el Exilio and Junta Patriótica Cubana as well as of La Peña Teobaldo Rosell and Confederación de Profesionales Universitarios de Cuba en el Exilio. He was married to Raquel Fundora for fifty years and after her passing he married Olga Velasco. Roberto Rodríguez de Aragón died in Miami on October 5, 2012.
Miguel Rodez was born in 1956 in Casablanca, Cuba. Rodez and his family immigrated to Manhattan, New York, in 1969, later moving to Miami in 1973, where he currently resides. His art is made on multiple media including drawing, installation, painting, photography, and sculpture.
