President/CEO, OK Generators Charitable involvements: 2-1-1 Broward, Broward Health Foundation, Junior Achievement of South Florida, and more Why it’s personal: “My mother and my cousin were both victims of breast cancer, so that cause has become very important to me; when I aligned myself with Broward Health Foundation, I also aligned myself with Tammy Gail’s
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Chief Operating Hunk, College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving Charitable involvements: Rebuilding Together Broward, HANDY (Helping Abused, Neglected and Disadvantaged Youth), Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, American Cancer Society, Honor Flight South Florida, and more Why it’s personal: “As someone who was more or less raised by a World War II veteran [his grandfather], there is
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The Home Design and Remodeling Show returns to the Greater Broward Convention Center, Nov. 16-18. As South Florida’s largest and premier home improvement expo for more than 40 years, the show attracts thousands of visitors with a diverse range of products tailored specifically to the Florida housing market. New this year, one of the featured
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Soldier on: Test your endurance, strength, speed and dexterity at Soldier Rush 2018 at the Parkland Equestrian Center on Nov. 10. Participants must overcome physical challenges, such as climbing over walls, carrying heavy objects, traversing bodies of water and trekking through mud. Proceeds will support the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting who suffer
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Photo by Leah Wharton Pablo Cartaya spent much of his life living in the middle. Born in Miami to Cuban parents and rasied in New York, Cartaya felt “straddled between two identities.” “I spent years of my childhood wishing my hair was blonde and my eyes were blue and that my skin didn’t tan so
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Photos by Eduardo Schneider A runner and a self-described “health nut,” Howard Mintz avoids junk food. When he does indulge, only one snack will do: popcorn. “I like popcorn, but he loves popcorn,” his wife, Lisa, says of Howard’s passion. “I enjoy it, but I don’t go crazy over it. He has the palate. He knows
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Photos by Eduardo Schneider Harley Bofshever has spent most of his life paying forward the help he received as a teenager. While a high schooler in Coral Springs, he hurt his shoulder playing baseball and tried therapy and injections to stop the pain. It wasn’t until he went to a chiropractor that he found
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At Atlantic Technical College and High School, students don’t eat ordinary cafeteria food. Instead, they’re fed by students in the culinary arts department, led by chef Rona Moulu. There, she leads her staff and teaches students how to prepare hot foods, using experience gained from more than 35 years cooking, including as a personal chef.
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Residence: Palm Beach Gardens Occupation: Vice president of business development, Palm Beach group, Tenet Healthcare Age: 37 Diagnosed: December 2016, age 35 Treated at: Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach The Discovery “I went in to my [gynecologist’s] office for my annual physical, and I expected to walk out with a prescription for birth control
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Residence: Coconut Creek Occupation: Owner, UnBRCAble Boutique Age: 35 Diagnosed: January 2004, age 21, as BRCA2-positive Treated at: Broward Health Imperial Point, Fort Lauderdale The Discovery “My aunt passed away at 30 of breast cancer, so we knew we had to do checks early. In my first self-breast exam [at 18], I found a lump. The
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At the Rusty Pelican in Key Biscayne, a bright blue liquid—made up of Bacardi Superior, violet liqueur and pineapple juice—sits inside a frosty coupe-shaped glass. Created by head bartender Oscar Amaya, the cocktail is a representation of the Rusty Pelican’s #MiamiIsNotPlastic campaign, which aims to eliminate single-use plastics. That’s because when it comes to this
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In the wake of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, students, parents and others in the community have united to enact change and promote healing. Organizations that formed in the aftermath included Shine MSD and Change The Ref. Now, Shine MSD and Change The Ref are uniting to continue to make their
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