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MIRIAM VELEZ FOR CIRCUIT
COURT JUDGE, GROUP 2
Shortly after graduation, she began her now 12 year career in the legal system serving first as a Probation Officer working for the Salvation Army and later as a Correctional Probation Officer with the Department of Corrections, Probation & Parole in Tampa. In 1997, she joined the Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration where she specialized in intelligence. While with the Department of Justice, Miriam trained in the FBI Academy, in Quantico Virginia. Assigned to the Tampa District Office she assisted in the investigation of money laundering cases and historical conspiracies. Miriam was responsible for providing strategic, operational and tactical intelligence on drug cultivation, production and emerging trends to both DEA Headquarters and Field offices.
Miriam was admitted to Stetson University College of Law in 1999. An active member of the Hispanic Bar Association, she served as Treasurer in 1999 and President in 2000 and 2001. While at Stetson, Miriam was selected for and completed several internships. During the summer of 2000, she served as a reach assistant to the Honorable Judge Alexander Paskay, Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District Court of Florida. In the spring of 2001, she fulfilled an internship with the United States Department of Justice Trustees Office. Lastly, in the fall of 2001, Miriam interned as a certified legal intern with the 13th Judicial Circuit, State Attorney's Office in Tampa.
Following law school, Miriam began working as an assistant state attorney where she prosecuted thousand of criminal cases in Hillsborough County. In 2003, Miriam joined the Law Firm of Isaak & Zwirn, P.A. Miriam now practices with her husband, Jason at the Law Office of Valkenburg & Velez, P.A. where they focus on criminal defense, personal injury, contracts litigation and family law.
It is with the full support of family and friends that Miriam pursues her career goal of serving the citizens of the United States as a Circuit Court Judge. | |||||||||
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the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City will be celebrating the 50th Anniverary of the Parade on Sunday, June 8, 2008 along 5th Avenue.
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Puerto Rico Chambers of Commerce of Florida Upcoming Events: Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce of the Gulf Coast, Inc. (Tampa) - Puerto Rican Achievers Speakers Series, Friday February 22, 2008. LaTam Restaurant, Ybor City, Florida Puerto Rican Chamber
of Commerce of Palm Beach County Thursday, Feb. 28th,
2008, 6:00 P.M. through 8:00 P.M. The Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce will hold its first Quarterly Business Luncheon on Wednesday, March 5, 2008. As in the past, this Luncheon will be held at corporate member Doubletree Grand Hotel, 1717 N. Bayshore Drive , 2nd Floor, in downtown Miami . the Puerto Rican Chamber
of Polk County Invites you to be a part of the First Business 2
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Performances: El Cuatrista Alvin Medina, | |||||||||
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Puerto Rico Chambers of Commerce have been established in many cities throughout the State of Florida as well as Chicago, Illinois. View our list of Puerto Rico Chambers of Commerce the Puerto Rican
Cultural Parade of Florida hosted their Annual Paranda. 2nd
Annual Holiday Food Drive Networking Social, Presented
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En Arroz y Habichuelas:
Diccionario del Habla Popular Boricua,
que acaba de salir de imprenta, representa una importante aportación
al cultivo de nuestras raíces y de nuestra propia forma de
ser como pueblo. Con más de mil palabras y frases de uso cotidiano,
todo lector podrá, además que reírse con su contenido,
comprenderse mejor. Se incluyen las palabras que utilizan los boricuas
nacidos o radicados en los EEUU como un reconocimiento, según
señala la autora, Ixa López Paláu, de que "somos
un mismo pueblo". Sin duda este es un excelente regalo para esta
navidad. Puede obtenerse en Borders. Para más información
escriba a ilp@prtc.net
"En Arroz Y Habichuelas" (In Rice and Kidney Beans: Dictionary of the Boricua Spoken Language,) is hot off the press. This is an important contribution to the Puerto Rican culture. It portrays our roots and our idiosyncrasies. With more than a thousand words and phrases of daily use, the reader will be able to laugh at itself and at the same time feel included and understood as part of a rich culture. The boricuas on the Island and in the U.S.A. use these words as a way of reaffirming our people's identity, according to the author, Ixa Lopez Paláu. Without a doubt this it is an excellent gift for this Christmas. For more Information write to ilp@prtc.net | |||||||||
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TV Launched
UCTP Taino News - In collaboration with Presencia Taina TV, and Indigenous Peoples Literature, the United Confederation of Taino people has announced the launching of the TAINO TV Network. This historic project, which uses new media outreach mechanisms such as You Tube will assist the UCTP in its focus on using communications technology to increase the visibility of the Taino and other Caribbean Indigenous Peoples internationally. "From the new Taino TV site as well as other media launch points already developed such as Presencia Taina TV, we will be providing visual services never before available to our community and others who are interested in cultural heritage of the Caribbean region" stated Roger Atihuibancex Hernandez, founder of the Presencia Taina TV project. Viewers can now long into Taino TV at can view and subscribe to Taino TV at http://www.youtube.com/Tainotv | |||||||||
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Miriam
Velez has been a resident of the Tampa Bay area since 1990. She
currently resides in West Tampa with her husband Jason and their
daughter Ellianna Elizabeth. Miriam attended the University of South
Florida where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English.
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