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The Sociedad de Arte Musical de Santa Clara was a Cuban music and theater group that operated its own performance space in the town of Santa Clara, Cuba,

Enrique Quintana was a Cuban public health official and Red Cross worker.

Peters joined Pan Am in 1942 after working as an instructor for Spartan Aircraft Manufacturers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While working for Pan Am, he was stationed in Miami, Florida and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

María Julia Casanova was born in Havana, Cuba in 1916 and is recognized for her long career as a script writer for radio and television and as a theater designer and director. She worked for children’s theater in Mexico and wrote for the radio serial “La Impostora” broadcast on Cuba’s CMQ station. With Margot de Blanck she founded the Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck in Havana, in which she occasionally presented her own plays such as Hechizadas and Mujeres.

Exiled in Miami, Florida in 1960, Casanova worked in radio and later with Sociedad Pro-Arte Grateli. With Armando Navarro and Roberto Miñagorri, she founded the Sala Teatro La Danza, which debuted with the play Corona de Amor by Alejandro Casona and adapted by Casanova. Casanova also worked for the magazine publisher Editorial de Armas.

In the 1980s, she served as artistic director for the Teatro Bellas Artes in Miami, where she presented original works such as Lucy and La Reina Enamorada, and designed theater sets for Teatro Avante. In the 1990s, she realized her dream of owning a theater and opened the Teatro Casanova on Miami’s Calle Ocho. Ediciones Universal published her autobiography, Mi vida en el teatro, in 2000. Four years later, María Julia Casanova died in Miami.

Helen Maynard Ireland was an American woman who moved to Cuba in the 1920s with her husband, a lawyer for the Cuban Cane Sugar Company. She wrote extensively about her experiences in Cuba, and while living there, befriended Rosaila Abreau, a Cuban simian researcher.

Omar Vaillant is a radio producer who has worked with WRHC Cadena Azul in Miami

Planet Kreyol was founded in 1993 at the University of Miami as the Haitian Student Organization and later renamed as Planet Kreyol. Their mission is to promote cultural awareness while servicing the community and preserving the ancestry of Haiti.

Cristina Saralegui is a Cuban journalist and TV personality famous for hosting the daytime talk show Cristina on Univision.

The Cuban American Bar Association, commonly known as CABA, was founded in 1974 in Miami, Florida. The association’s members include a wide variety of individuals such as judges, lawyers, and law students of Cuban, Cuban-American and non-Cuban descent who are interested in the legal issues that affect the Cuban community and other countries of Latin America.

The CABA Pro Bono Project is charged with assisting the poor and indigent community in Florida’s Miami-Dade county by serving as a nexus and providing a referral source between needy clients and pro bono attorneys who can provide direct legal services to them.

Peggy Fleming (b. 1937) is an award-winning, published photographer with permanent collections around the United States. Fleming earned her Master of Arts in Anthropology from George Washington University in Washington, D.C and in 1988 began working as a professinal photographer. In the early 2000s, she collaborated on the ASSIGNMENT CUBA: 2000 project, organized by the Maine Photographic Workshops and Rockport College in cooperation with the government of Cuba, to document daily life in Cuba at the turn of the 20th century.

Starting in 1973, Arnold Reiner worked in various management capacities for Pan Am, and in 1975 joined the Flight Safety Department. He was appointed the director for Flight Safety in the 1980s, and also flew as a pilot, flying primarily the Boeing 727 and the Airbus A310. He later worked for Delta Airlines.

Starting in 1973, Arnold Reiner worked in various management capacities for Pan Am, and in 1975 joined the Flight Safety Department. He was appointed the director for Flight Safety in the 1980s, and also flew as a pilot, flying primarily the Boeing 727 and the Airbus A310. He later worked for Delta Airlines.

Honors Sudents' Association serves as the social and cultural arm of the Honors Program. Over a quarter of a century old, HSA has grown to more than 400 members. While the Honors Program coordinates courses aimed at academic excellence, HSA is a step towards meeting the people and the programs students need to succeed in college and in life. Members have the opportunity to meet and network with new and returning honors students, who understand the issues and concerns unique to honors students.

Honors Students' Association serves as the social and cultural arm of the Honors Program. Over a quarter of a century old, HSA has grown to more than 400 members. While the Honors Program coordinates courses aimed at academic excellence, HSA is a step towards meeting the people and the programs students need to succeed in college and in life. Members have the opportunity to meet and network with new and returning honors students, who understand the issues and concerns unique to honors students.