President Eduardo Padron of Miami Dade College

8/24/2018

President Eduardo J. Padron

c/o Office of the President

Miami Dade College

300 Northeast 2^nd Avenue

Miami, FL  33132-2297

Dear President Padron,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history and social justice.  In these subjects, I like to learn the need for Civil Rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have diversity to make society a better place for people with different background, and many others.  President Padron, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as President of Miami Dade College to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as President of Miami Dade College, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong advocate for the need to make Civil Rights stronger by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, hiring women, minorities, and people with disabilities to work at the colleges, and working hard to reduce in Miami Dade College. On education, I liked on how you expanded more diversity programs to help teach people about different cultures, worked to provide accommodations to students with disabilities to help them learn like extra time on exams along with have educational resources to help assist them on comprehension, and funding more Liberal arts classes like art including history to make education diverse.  Another thing that I like about your work as President of Miami Dade College is during the hurricane in Puerto Rico, I liked on how you expanded funds to help families of Puerto Rican students get the care they need,  work with student government to find ways to improve the college, and advocate for the need for immigration reform to help immigrants including refugees be protected from being oppressed and to allow them to get an education to help our country.   In November I was very proud on how you were the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama for your commitment to improve diversity in the education.

President Padron, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter and advocate for Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Also your role as President of Miami Dade College and your work on pushing for diversity motivates me to continue to learn history with social justice. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination,  have diversity to make society a better place,  have immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees from oppression while give them an opportunity to get an education.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in your current role. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to improve education, make diversity a better place, and many others.  You have inspire me to work hard on my disability, be interested in learning about your work as current president of Miami Dade College, and continue my motivation to learn history with social justice.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make society a better place, and inspiring me.  I wish you the best to continue your role as President of Miami Dade College to make a great impact on society and diversity.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick