New College of Florida’s Cubano-American Community Project

“To bring the community and academia together. And to show what is not the obvious,” says New College of Florida Associate Spanish Professor Sonia Labrador-Rodriguez.
That’s the mission behind the Cubano–American Community Project that examines the past, present and future of Cubans in west–central Florida. A major component is that Cubans actually…
“Founded Ybor City from pine trees and sand. And I thought that was an important story to tell,” says Labrador-Rodriguez.