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Orlando nonprofit shocked by big donation from long-time volunteer | Commentary via Orlando Sentinel

By SCOTT MAXWELL | [email protected] | Orlando Sentinel James “Dug” Duggan was always thrifty. Like really thrifty. Whenever the Orlando retiree bought his favorite Italian sub at Publix, he made sure the sandwich included the salami — even though Dug didn’t like salami. Dug just didn’t like the idea of paying for something he wasn’t getting.

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Dr. Jose, ALL Student & Instructor

By Amanda Cypriano, Community Engagement Specialist Imagine going through seven years of extensive schooling, establishing yourself as an accredited cardiologist, practicing medicine for over 30 years and then, one day, you are faced with an ultimatum: choose between your hard-won career and your children’s future. This is the decision that ALL

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Francheska Armijos

Francheska Armijos is a Business Operations professional who’s passionate about being involved in her community. Francheska attended Stetson University where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and then her Master’s degree at the University of Central Florida in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a focus in Business and Psychology. Francheska

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Michael McLaren

Michael McLaren was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. Although the Queen’s English was his native language, Michael had dyslexia and functional vision issues which prevented him from learning to read and write. Michael immigrated to the US in 2013 and has worked hard to become a good citizen. He

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Wendy J. Roundtree, APR

Wendy J. Roundtree, APR is an award-winning communications strategist with a heart for stories that create change in our community. As founder of Jarel Communications, she helps organizations maximize their mission by aligning their PR and marketing efforts with business objectives. Prior to Jarel Communications, Wendy worked for Orange County

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Freynaldo Adrian Ochoa, ALL Student

“We [immigrants] come to the United States and we think everything will be similar to our country…and that is not correct,” Freynaldo said. Freynaldo was quickly hit with this harsh realization as political issues ushered him out of his home country of Venezuela in 2016. Although he was a licensed attorney back

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