“Miami, outside of it being home, is a city where you can really make a difference,” Anton Diego, EveryMundo founder and CEO said. “You feel Miami moving… and Miami needs companies to be born here and provide more jobs and bring more people in and bring more education in. It’s critical.”

The Miami-based startup works with more than 30 airlines across the world to help them automate their marketing. The 12-year-old company currently has 84 employees, with offices in Hong Kong and Ecuador.

Anton says he appreciates all the opportunities that Miami has given him as an immigrant and now as the CEO of EveryMundo. He takes pride in the fact that his company is Miami-based and tries not to take for granted the American dream he feels he’s achieved.

“The immigrant story is about the grind,” he said. “It’s nothing easy. You come here to this country without knowing a word of English and you have to learn everything from zero. And nothing’s handing to you. You just gotta earn everything.”

Learn more about Anton and EveryMundo.

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When kids take the government to task. Last year a group of eight young Floridians, ranging from 10 to 20 years old, filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state of Florida and several state agencies that would force the state to develop a climate recovery plan. Now DeSantis wants to toss the lawsuit. And while he may be promising to do more than his predecessor former Gov. Rick Scott to address things like sea level rise and flooding, he’s still having a hard time acknowledging global warming and humans’ role in the changing environment. (Miami Herald)

How can you work if you can’t afford parking? In an effort to ease the financial burden on Miami Beach’s hospitality workers, the city commission passed an ordinance to offer discounted parking permits of $100 a month at a parking lot north of the Fontainebleau Hotel. That’s still a lot of money for people working on minimum wage but it’s better than having to pay a $20 daily parking pass. Meanwhile, the Fontainebleau Hotel isn’t chipping in for the parking, it’s taxpayers who are footing the bill. (Miami Herald)

Come on vacation, don’t leave on probation. That’s going to be the slogan this March when spring breakers flock to Miami Beach to get wasted and wreak havoc. Miami Beach officials are spending $33,000 on a marketing campaign warning them that if they vacation here and break the law, they’ll get tossed behind bars. This means no urinating on the street, no open containers, no smoking weed, no drinking and driving, and especially no twerking on top of vehicles.  (Miami New Times)

Long before the invasion of drunken spring breakers. The South Beach of the 1970s was home to the largest community of Jewish retirees in the country, making it a very different place than it is today. Using archival photographs, local filmmakers Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch capture this fascinating slice of Miami Beach history in the award-winning documentary “The Last Resort,” which opens tonight in South Florida theaters. (Miami Herald)

A coup for Miami’s literary scene. Big shout out to Miami native and award-winning author Jennine Capó Crucet. Her novel “Make Your Home Among Strangers” is going to be made into a television series by Freeform TV. The story is a drama about a Cuban American girl who left her family in Miami to attend an elite New England college, set against the backdrop of the Elián González trial. (Variety)

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We were really inspired by this TED talk with Miami-based artist Aja Monet and organizer Phillip Agnew, about how they are using art to build community and create a social movement in the 305. Building community is what it’s all about.

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