During the Florida Language Association’s (FFLA’s) annual convention in Kissimmee earlier this fall, Tzu-yu Zoe Chen was presented with the FFLA Most Valuable Teacher award for her teaching of Mandarin Chinese at Gullliver Preparatory School. Her role as a language teacher is incredibly important, since one quarter of the world’s population speaks Chinese and it is the fastest growing language studied in the U.S. The lessons taught by Tzu-yu Zoe Chen at Gullliver are presented in an easy and enjoyable form, which her students find appealing. In fact, this year, Tzu-yu Zoe Chen led Gulliver Schools’s Chinese team to host the 11th Florida Statewide Chinese Competition, which drew almost 400 students from across the state. As a result, she was recognized for her dedication to Read More »

More than 300 community leaders, elected officials, and philanthropists attended a ceremonial groundbreaking Oct. 26 for the new José Milton Memorial Hospital to be located in the City of Doral, just west of the Palmetto Expressway in the 7800 block of NW 29 Street. The blue Read More »

The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade has announced that Deborah Korge has been named executive director effective Jan. 2, 2017. Korge will be replacing Marilyn March who is retiring on Dec. 31 after serving four years with The Women’s Fund, and more than 25 years as a nonprofit executive. An experienced nonprofit leader and fundraiser, Korge most recently has served as director of development at The Women’s Fund. Prior to joining The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade, Korge was executive director at Casa Valentina which provides housing and support services to youth transitioning from foster care, and vice president of development and operations at Informed Families whose mission is to help children grow up safe Read More »

By no means was this your typical “girl’s get-away weekend” – instead, for four Divine Savior Academy students took a trip a trip of a lifetime to do good work for people in need in South America. Accompanied by DSA student alumni, the volunteers traveled to Arequipa, Peru, to provide much-needed translation services. The group included Alicia Cappellaro, Paula Crespo, Genesis Henriquez, Monica Coloma, and the school’s International Read More »

MiamiCentral, the expansive downtown development featuring retail, office, residences and the Brightline train service, recently announced two new dining additions to Central Fare, Miami’s first immersive culinary retail and dining experience. Wynwood Yard trailblazer Read More »

You may not know it now, but what is missing in your life is a little bit of Bali. And there’s an abundance of it at the 305 Design Center’s sumptuous and colorful showroom at 13114 S. Dixie Hwy. If you can’t just pick up and head out to the South Pacific, let Richard Kiibler do it for you. As managing partner of 305 Design Center, he is on a mission to introduce South Florida to brands that are not widely available outside Indonesia — and he travels Read More »

In a sunlit room overlooking Biscayne Bay, Superintendent of Schools, Alberto Carvalho and FIU President, Mark Rosenberg recently joined district staff, university representatives Read More »

South Miami K-8 Center  is a regional winner in the Learning.com 2016 Code-a-Thon competition. The national ed tech company sponsored the competition to introduce coding Read More »