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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Maruchi Mendez author of Song for Olivia
LOCATION:Pompano Beach Library and Cultural Center\nPompano Beach Library 
 and Cultural Center
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DESCRIPTION:The author is based out of the Miami/Broward County area. Song
  for Olivia by Maruchi Mendez\, is a novel based on her own experien
 ce as a Cuban immigrant to Miami during Castro's uprising..\nhttps://browa
 rd.libnet.info/event/8951049
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Maruchi Mendez is the author of Finding Ho
 me: A Memoir of a Mother&rsquo\;s Undying Love and an Untold Secret along 
 with the Spanish translation Buscando Mi Estrella. She also co-authored tw
 o different editions of 100 Things to Do in Miami Before You Die. She has 
 lived in Miami\, Florida for over 50 years\, where she has raised her four
  children and grandchildren. She is the co-founder of JunTos Foundation\, 
 and is a fierce advocate of student-athletes&rsquo\; health. She has recei
 ved several awards and proclamations for her efforts to pass legislation t
 hat raises the standards of student-athletes&rsquo\; cardiac screening.</p
 >\n<p></p>\n<p>Cafecito Con Las Madrinas Podcast:&nbsp\;<a href="https://p
 odcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cafecito-con-las-madrinas-maruchi-m%C3%A9ndez
 -nos-presenta/id1544875636?i=1000609476277">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/
 podcast/cafecito-con-las-madrinas-maruchi-m%C3%A9ndez-nos-presenta/id15448
 75636?i=1000609476277</a></p>\n<p>The Miami New Times:&nbsp\;<a href="http
 s://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/things-to-do-in-miami-maruchi-mendez-at-boo
 ks-and-books-april-8-2023-16686467">https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/thi
 ngs-to-do-in-miami-maruchi-mendez-at-books-and-books-april-8-2023-16686467
 </a></p>\n<p><img src="https://media2.miaminewtimes.com/mia/imager/u/magnu
 m/16708698/maruchi-mendez-credit-angie-hernandez.jpeg?cb=1690310247" alt="
 portrait photograph of the author" title="Maruchi" width="1000" height="66
 7" /></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>El Nuevo Herald:&nbsp\;https://www.elnuevo
 herald.com/entretenimiento/revista-viernes/article274159100.html</p>\nhttp
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