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This biography relates the remarkable life story of a Cuban refugee in America. Mayra Arbos Baez was born in a suburb of Havana, Cuba, on July 11, 1949. She was the oldest daughter of the family, and she had one younger sibling, a sister, Tania.
She received her elementary education in a private parochial school, and at an early age, it was apparent that she had a high IQ and an aptitude for the art of creative writing of prose and poetry.
When the dictator Fidel Castro came to power in December 1959, he confiscated all personal property, including the mansion and factory of her paternal grandfather, who was a wealthy textile factory owner. In October 1961, Mayra and her sister left Cuba on the so-called Peter Pan flight to Miami, Florida. Her parents escaped two months later.
Mayra attended Miami Senior High School and later the Florida College of Medical Technology and graduated with a medical technology degree. In 1968, Mayra had a medical emergency when a blood clot went to her lungs. At that time, the diagnosis of a familial genetic blood-clotting disorder was made. At the end of her life, she died from this disorder.
Mayra applied for a position at the University of Miami Medical Center and later became manager of a clinical research center there. She also once presented three research papers at an international meeting in Stockholm, Sweeden. In her travels in Europe, she was kidnapped and successfully escaped.
She made two significant medical research discoveries that still apply to the practice of medicine today. While at the University of Miami, Mayra and her husband made trips to Barcelona, Spain, Milan, Italy, and to Yellowstone National Park. In 1992, Mayra and her husband moved to the Atlanta, Georgia, area.
They purchased and began a medical practice in 1993. In Atlanta, they made a trip to Seville, Spain, and did a tour of Russia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. In 1996, Mayra was diagnosed with breast cancer and had surgery and radiation. After the
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