UM alumna, one-time Miami Dolphins cheerleader, and National Geographic explorer Mireya Mayor lives up to her reputation as the female Indiana Jones.
Malaria had forced some members of their team to drop out, and at one point, they ran out …
Alumni Success Stories
Alumnus provides financial guidance to athletes while staying committed to South Florida community.
Carlos Lowell’s confidence and enthusiasm as he speaks makes financial planning, an intimidating task to most, sound exciting and even easy. It’s just about taking smaller steps …
There’s something about Winston.
Maybe it’s the kindness, the politeness, the smiles – a relic, he says, from his Southern upbringing. Maybe it’s the way he combines strict with cool, modern with old-fashioned, alternating seamlessly between the serious professor and the …
Alumna promotes social change through education
She is an international education and entrepreneurship consultant, a leadership coach and a motivational speaker. She is a researcher, an author, a mother, and a sister. At the core, though, Taghreed M. Al-Saraj, B.F.A. …
For more than 30 years working at Deloitte, Kim Griffin-Hunter, B.B.A. ’88 has been a leader and mentor within the company every step of the way. As a managing partner for Deloitte’s South Florida practice, Griffin-Hunter gives much of the …
Olivia Ramos is an entrepreneur, architect, and founder and CEO of Deepblocks, an artificial intelligence company that uses data to optimize real estate development. A native of Cuba who grew up in Miami, Ramos obtained a master’s degree in architecture from …
Science communication drives a global conservation
As the Marketing and Communications Director for the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, Nicolle Fagan, B.S. ’08, is living her dream job. “I work very closely with researchers, …
As a 17-year-old lifeguard, Dr. Wesley Smith, Ph.D. ’07, discovered that by simply educating and warning people about shore breaks (which cause waves that violently slam people into the sandbar), they could prevent dozens of injuries. Through a focus on …
Eight.
That’s how many regional Emmy awards Kid Stew, a show created by best-selling author James Patterson, in partnership with South Florida PBS, was nominated for last year. It won five.
Amongst the Emmy winners for the show is Scott …
UM Black Alumni Society celebrates Juneteenth
Juneteenth Independence Day is a holiday commemorating the effective end of slavery in the United States. More specifically, June 19, 1865, marks the day that Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, arrived …
