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TAMPA The Hillsborough Hispanic Man and Woman of the Year are top administrators in local government who share a deep affection for the community they have helped shape during their careers.

Anthony ‘Tony’ Morej 60, Hispanic liaison with Hillsborough County, has spent years advocating for the local Hispanic labor force. Adriana M. Colina, 49, administrator with the city of Tampa’s solid waste program, has served as canada goose outlet mississauga a role model while working her way up through nearly three decades as a city canada goose outlet germany employee.

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the school, there were very few Latinos,” he said. “I remember a big eared, skinny kid who came from Cuba and I was his interpreter.”

His mother Rosa Roc and father Jos emigrated canada goose outlet online uk from Cuba in 1956.

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The family moved to Tampa in 1970 and Morej attended Pearce Middle and Leto High schools.

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Hispanic enrollment at Leto in the Town N’ Country area is now 76 percent.

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In the mid 1980s, Hispanic co workers suffering from discrimination and abuse would approach him there.

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Morejon went on to help advise others advocating for the Hispanic community, including Marilyn Hispanic liaison with the Sheriff’s Office.

I was not sure, he told me: can do it, I believe in you,” said, recalling how Morejon made introductions for her. “Tony is an icon canada goose outlet jackets in this city. He is canada goose factory outlet vancouver a true leader in this community and I am his apprentice.”

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As Hispanic liaison, Morej instituted a series of seasonal seminars on hurricane safety and has worked to help restore Democracy in Cuba, inspired by people like Roberto Pizano of Tampa.

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Colina, administrator since 2015 of the solid waste department and environmental program, started working with the city of Tampa 29 years ago. She and her Cuban American husband Carlos Colina have two grown daughters a family that she describes as the driving canada goose outlet boston force in her life.

“I love helping people and I try to live my life to make a difference in the community,” Colina said. “I do not want the day comes to come when I no longer here, nothing happens. I want to make a difference. ”

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