Tag: fiu student
Leah Duboy raises awareness through “Hidden Disabilities” talk
Leah Duboy waits patiently for her table to fill up with anticipating listeners. She looks around the room in silence, fiddling with...
Newsbreak September 1, 2022
Former president Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are headed to court this afternoon to argue over whether documents seized from...
FIU Ukrainian student sheds light on the ongoing war
“We don’t have a place to live anymore, there is nothing left in our apartment building, literally nothing left.”
Ukrainian student in Miami has a “heavy guilt feeling”
Growing up in Ukraine shaped FIU International Business student Maksym Kazimir. He grew up in a time when Ukraine was a newly...
FIU student turned to marathon running during the pandemic
In 2020, with the world in the throes of the pandemic, Arnaldo Morales was one of many athletes looking for ways to...
FIU student goes from homelessness to working for the U.S. House...
Luis Moros left Venezuela for Miami with his mom when he was only 14 years old, then rotated among homeless shelters. It...
Lazaro Talavera: basketball trainer and content creator extraordinaire
Having just recently passed 11,500 followers on Instagram, Lazaro Talavera can be forgiven for being a bit reflective.
The...
A video-game collector’s beginning
In two days recently, Carlos Mendoza traveled over 500 miles from Miami to Orlando and back. Why? To buy video games for obsolete systems...
FIU student Gustavo Ortega doubles as rising Latin artist
At 11 years old, Gustavo Ortega rushed from school to his family’s home in Valencia, Venezuela to recreate songs he’d watch on MTV. He...
Five years later, a Pulse Nightclub victim’s family still suffers (includes...
Jerald Arthur Wright was an innovator, a dreamer, a mayor of the block who was always careful in listening to the needs of others....