As a newly arrived child from Cuba, Mily Rodriguez-Powell used to throw up every morning before school. By the time the Broward circuit judge got to the University of Miami, she had mastered English, overcome her fears and discovered a love for the law.
She came to Miami from Havana at 6 on one of the early Freedom Flights. The family moved to Hialeah, where one of her uncles operated a catering business. Even though she had been in second grade in Cuba, the school put her in first grade because she couldn’t speak English.
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