Author Archives: Nastasia Boulos

Making a Film: a Familial Partnership

Siblings team up to co-write and co-produce a new film

From a performance of Grease and a middle school production of The Wizard of Oz, to plays at the Ring Theatre, Rachel and Robert “Bobby” Eddy are no strangers to being on stage together.

By Nastasia Boulos
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1 CITYCLUB

Alfonso Maraver, M.B.A.’18, and Matt Wigler, B.M.’15, M.B.A.’18, want to encourage Miami residents to take advantage of the city’s highly-rated dining scene.

This is the basis behind their new venture, 1 CITYCLUB, a membership-based service that provides discounted prices to …

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Exquisito Chocolates

Craft chocolate arrives in Little Havana

At the edge of Little Havana, below a painted ‘We Make Chocolate’ sign and in a space that used to be Catholic relics shop, is a dessert lover’s paradise: Exquisito Chocolates, Miami’s first craft …

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Caribé Juice

As a student at the University of Miami, Luis Solis, B.S.B.A. ’11, missed the kinds of juices he had grown accustomed to drinking in his native Dominican Republic—fresh, flavorful juices made daily from the island’s wide variety of fruits.

But …

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Shoot My Travel

Valerie Lopez, B.S.C. ’14, has the solution to your travel photography concerns: instead of selfie sticks and blurry photos taken by strangers, she offers professional photographers, on demand, wherever you are.

Lopez is co-founder and CEO of Shoot My Travel, a company …

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Alumna builds multimillion-dollar business and gives back to the U.

She arrived from Russia at the age of twelve, not speaking a word of English. Her mother, single and with $200 to her name, had brought her two daughters halfway across the world in search of better opportunities. She remembers …
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