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Jorge Ulla is a director and producer known for works such as Guaguasí (1983), Nadie escuchaba/Nobody Listened (1987), and Enchufe.tv (2011). He is a founding partner of the media company d expósito & Partners, active since 2005.

Ulla is the recipient of various accolades, including Clio, Addy, Telly, NY Film Festival, London Film Festival, and CINE Golden Eagle awards, as well as two Latin Grammy nominations and an Emmy.

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.

Federico Sánchez Villalba, born on September 17, 1912 and died on July 8, 1965, was one of five children to América Ruiz García and José Sánchez Villalba.

He began to show interest in drawing at the age of eleven. This led him to design in some of the most famous fashion houses such as Bernahew, Horas, Salas, and others. He also triumphed with the designs he presented for the ballets of the "Pro Arte Musical."

In 1933, he left Cuba for the United States where he attended classes at New York's Grand Central School of Art for a year. It was at that learning institution that Villalba further developed his skill at designing fashion. He returned to Cuba and became the editor of a magazine that was collaborated by different artists, poets, and writers. The magazine was titled Sketches and it was published between 1938 and 1939.

As he grew in talent and recognition, he continued to receive more awards. In Cuba he received awards and recognition for his artistic endeavors. In 1936, he received an honorable mention in Circulo de Bellas Artes and had two art exhibitions at the Lyceum in Havana. In October 1941, Villalba had his first one man art show at the Lyceum in Havana.

Villalba was also well known for his stage and costume designs that he created for different dance companies throughout Cuba. In 1937, he designed for the ballet company of Maria Andrews. He also decorated for the "La Fiesta de la Guitarra," (the party of the guitar) which was organized by the Society for Art and Music in Cuba. In 1940, he designed the ballet "Dioné," and in March of 1941, he designed costumes for "Muñecos Fantasticos," and during that same period, he also designed costumes for "Scheherezade."

Pedro Hernández Lovio was a lawyer and judge in Santa Maria del Rosario, Cuba, as well as the last secretary of the Diario de la Marina newspaper. He left Cuba in 1960 and passed away in 1966.

Puente de Jovenes Profesionales Cubanos is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization of young Cuban professionals in the United States and elsewhere, with the goal of restoring freedom and democracy to Cuba. Founded in 1992, it serves primarily as a social and intellectual brindge to, and between, Cubans in exile and those on the island.

The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization whose primary mission is to "study the elements and processes involved in a transition to a free market economy and a democracy [in Cuba], as well as to promote scholarship, research, and publications on transition studies by its members."

ASCE is affiliated with the American Economic Association and the Allied Social Sciences Association of the United States. The group works with economists on the island who wish to engage in scholarly discussion and research.