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Tacocraft Taqueria & Tequila Bar to Open in Plantation

Tacocraft Taqueria & Tequila Bar will establish another South Florida location this week when its doors officially open Friday at Plantation Walk, a luxury dining and shopping complex at 321 North University Drive in West Broward. The opening will mark the fourth location of Tacocraft in South Florida by Handcrafted Hospitality, the restaurant group that founded

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From the Editor

AnnaLynne McCord addresses her letter on The Unsealed, the entrepreneurial brainchild of Lauren Brill, one this month’s featured innovators and influencers, to “anyone who has ever felt invisible.” AnnaLynne has been traveling to Cambodia for the past decade to visit young female survivors of human trafficking. She makes the nearly 9,000-mile flight because, as a

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Blazing Her Own Trail

In interior design, a professional’s rise in the industry typically takes time. It can mean starting at the bottom of a company, gaining experience with clients, and finding and perfecting an aesthetic that resonates, all before even thinking about striking out on your own. Plus, in South Florida, where designers and firms abound, the competition

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Free At Last, Part 2

Back in the Game Lauren’s father had bought her brother tickets to a New York Rangers hockey game for his birthday. And she was not happy about the male-bonding thing. “I must have been 6, and I said to my dad, ‘Excuse me, do you think because I’m a girl that I don’t want to

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The Good Fight

Kelly Hyman can still hear the anguish and desperation in their voices. Feel the pain ravaging their bodies. Understand the anger and the determination to seek justice. Hyman was an attorney for hundreds of women suffering from the horrific complications connected to transvaginal mesh implants—devices used to repair weakened bladder and pelvic areas. Clients cited

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Free At Last, Part 1

The irony, Lauren Brill will tell you, is that English never revealed itself in school as an entrepreneurial path, let alone the life-altering off-ramp in her healing journey. As a youngster growing up in Rockland County, New York, math was her academic jam, a subject easily digested by her logical, incisive mind—although, given Lauren’s opinionated,

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How Sweet It Is: Devin Braddock

Devin Braddock Corporate pastry chef, Ariete Hospitality Group Back story: The prodigious talent that has made Braddock a household name in Miami pastry circles runs in the family. Her grandmother was an elaborate cake decorator in Tampa, where Braddock grew up; she cooked out of a baking kitchen inside her house. “I’d see her forming

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How Sweet It Is: Luis Vasquez

Luis Vasquez Executive pastry chef, Miami Beach Edition Back story: The native of Caracas, Venezuela recalls cooking in the kitchen with his father and decorating cakes with his mother at a young age. But, early on, it was his love of painting and sculpting that fueled his creative energy. But the worlds of art and

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How Sweet It Is: Deborah Williams

Deborah Williams Owner, Chewy Suz Back story: Though Williams ultimately took the road likely never before traveled to achieve notoriety as a pastry chef, it didn’t start out that way. The South Florida native has loved baking since she was a youngster. In particular, she was immensely fond of the peanut butter cookies that her

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How Sweet It Is: Dallas Wynne

Dallas Wynne Corporate pastry chef, Groot Hospitality; executive chef and partner, Toothfairy Back story: Though still a few years shy of 30, Wynne has won over Miami time and again with her original pastry concoctions and infectious enthusiasm for all things sweet. As the Palm City native tells the story, she might have tossed a

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Live to Give, Part 6

Monica McAfee Chief Marketing/Innovation Officer, John Knox Village Backstory: Giving back was baked into McAfee’s core being at an early age. Her parents always had a place at their table, and spare resources, for those who needed an act of kindness. It’s how she raised her own children. “It’s never about I or me,” she

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Live to Give, Part 5

Raquel Case Director of community relations and business development, Rick Case Automotive Group Backstory: Rick and Rita Case never pressed their children, Ryan and Raquel, to join the family automotive business. Then again, they didn’t have to. Raquel recalls being intrigued as a child by the nightly conversation around the dinner table, the talk of

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