Ciudad weston newspaper 6th anniversary

EDITORIAL EDITORIAL

Broward County, you have something to be proud of this month. You’ve kept a bilingual monthly publication name the publication here going for 6 years. In April 2008, the first issue was first published in the CIUDAD DORAL NEWSPAPER office. We’ve been publishing continuously ever since, changing its design, layout and logo for better marketing. But there is still one issue to be solved: CIUDAD is a very difficult word to be understood by Americans. One day, after 3 hours of meeting to find out a better way of showing the word CIUDAD, we decided to leave it as it is. In fact, it is the real name of our publications.

As a bilingual publication, we have been writing in Spanish and English in order to promote a better understanding within all the 8 cultures present in Weston and CIUDAD is part of that melting pot. It means CITY, the amazing city of Weston!!

Since 2008, CIUDAD WESTON NEWSPAPER has been part of the Media Communications LLC family of magazines (Ciudad Doral and Ciudad Kendall). For those of us entrusted with CIUDAD WESTON NEWSPAPER now, the challenges - the opportunities, really - include extending our reach into digital editions for iPad, the web and the social media. I think one of the hardest parts of this new world is retaining that reflective, introspective quality that people look for from monthly publications. Don’t you think so?

Happy Birthday, CIUDAD WESTON NEWSPAPER. And to all of you who read us and who have advertised with us over the years, thank you for making this birthday possible.

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Did you know? Number of issues we’ve published so far? 74. Complete archives of THE CIUDAD WESTON NEWSPAPER can be found at www.issuu.com/ciudadweston May God bless you all.

Evelyn Alcala-Salswach, Editor

Phone: (954) 385-6808 press@CiudadWeston.com

www.CiudadWeston.com

EMERALD HEART 2014 EMERALD HEART AWARD Special Award Dr. Anthony DeNapoli Ed.D

Leadership in Education for Globalization Dr. J. DeNapoli is currently the Executive Director of International Affairs at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hofstra University, a Master of Arts degree from New York University, a Professional Diploma in School Administration, Supervision and Leadership from Long Island University, and a Doctorate of Education degree from Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. DeNapoli has played a key role in the development, implementation and supervision of numerous international partnerships and global initiatives and programs at Nova Southeastern University.

He has served as Director, Vice-President, and President of the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. He has been a consultant to the New York State Education Department, The New York State Board of Regents, the United States Department of Education, and was a member of the Education Advisory Board for USA Today.

Edgar Jeronimo Amado

Leadership in International Youth Development Edgar Jeronimo Amado was born in Caracas, Venezuela. One of triplets, his sisters are in heaven. He has had a calling to work for democracy, freedom of expression and human rights in Venezuela and Latin-American. His passion is writing. He has a column in Conecxiones Magazine called # JuanPueblitoOpina and a blog which he started very young.

He has produced some videos in support of Venezuela and the current political situation there. His last work was as co-producer of the Cypress Bay High School Newsletter which was seen by an audience of 4.200 students.

He was the recipient of an award by the Americas Community Center as a young and prominent member of the Venezuelan community in south Florida. He also received an acknowledgement from Broward County for his community work. He has participated in Radio and Television interviews addressing all his activities and growing as a journalist.

Joy Rodenberg

Leadership in Cultural Community Development Joy was born in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

Joy has always been active in the communities in which she has lived – PTA’s, PBS and Nebraska Art Museum, among many others. She served as secretary of the Weston Philharmonic Society for several years and she is currently president of the Arts Council of Greater Weston.

Her current role with the Weston Philharmonic Society is known fondly as the “Ticket Witch,” which involves coordination of the group’s mission to bring worldclass music to the community.

During her time in Weston, Joy has also served as a mentor for a young man from 6th grade through high school graduation in the “Take Stock in Children” program. She volunteers in “Conversations with Partners,” which focuses on improving English as a second language.

Congratulations

Congratulations Congratulations to Dr. Kamala Anandam

From AAUW Weston members, supporters and friends:

Annette Brown Commissioner Angel Gomez Commissioner Toby Feuer Debbie Stark Dr. J. Terence Kelly Eileen Grove Eileen McNally Elayne Garver Gloria Lafont Herb and Joyce Stein June Foster

Lorne Kotler Mercedes Henriksson Pamela Kelner Patti Lynn Renee Smoley Representative Richard Stark Rochelle Koenig Ruth Rossio Senator Nan Rich Sharon Argov Shelly Chermak

EMERALD HEART 2014 EMERALD HEART AWARD Special Award Dr. Kamala Anandam Ed.D

Leadership for Empowering Women and Girls Dr. Kamala Anandam is a native of India. Kamala earned her Master’s degree and doctorate degree at the University of Tennessee.

She taught two years at Maryville College in Tennessee in Maryville, Tennessee and two years at Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. She then joined Miami-Dade College.

Her retirement in are the shining years of her volunteerism. For the past 4 years, Kamala has been volunteering as a mentor for high school girls under the Women of Tomorrow Mentoring and Scholarship program.

Before that she volunteered for the Listen to Children program in elementary schools for 3 years. She started the Weston Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in 2007. She also serves on the AAUW-Florida Board and on the national program committee. Kamala was inducted into Broward County’s Women’s Hall of Fame and Senior Hall of Fame and has received the Achievement Award from Florida Commission on Status of Women. She also received the Woman of Merit award from the Broward International Women’s Club. Kamala has two daughters and three grandchildren.

Maria Mercedes Hernandez

Leadership in Environment Sustainability Born in Caracas Venezuela, she moved to Weston and founded Mache’s Decor which focused on the transformation of houses into homes & making dreams a reality. She became a disaster inspector for FEMA to help people in need and to witness and understand firsthand the pitfalls of standard construction and its negative environmental impacts.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, she assisted in the recovery efforts in New Jersey doing house assessments.

In her search for finding solutions that mitigate the force of nature, she became one of the first women in Broward to become certified as Leader in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED AP), specializing in the design and construction of healthier and more resilient buildings with less impact on the environment.

Nathaly Salas Guaithero

Leadership in Online Media and Communications Nathaly was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She is an executive producer and hostess of her own TV Show. The name of the show is Cara a Cara con Nathaly Salas-Guaithero in which she does interesting interviews to Venezuelan and Hispanic people living in United States.

She has a great experience in broadcast media, as well as in her native country and now in the United States. She started her career at Radio Caracas Radio and then jumped to the Globovision television.

She moved to Miami, and she has served as a correspondent for the CNN of South Florida in Spanish and as writer news for Univision. She became a Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant in New York City and then she formed her own company iFood and Happiness. She is known as “The Hispanic guru of the healthy life”.

As a news writer, she wrote local news for the Latin American audience for CNN in Spanish, and TV Correspondent in Florida. She became a TV reporter and producer. She covered the most important news for the Latin American audience.