One afternoon I picked up two young ladies, Kiran and Kacie, from downtown Fort Myers. They were taking a short, five minute trip to the Oasis Condominium. After a quick interview, I learned that Kiran comes from an Indian heritage. She was born in Canada but as a youth moved to Kentucky with her family. She was a student athlete, excelling at soccer and graduating from University of Kentucky. After working two years with Apple, she was recruited by Gartner here in Fort Myers

This past week I had the joy of meeting Alma and her dog, Gabby. Little did I realize, at the time, that my passenger was such a talented and celebrated Broadway actress. Alma Cuervo was born and raised in Tampa, Florida. After extensively studying theater at a variety of institutions, including Yale, she moved to New York City. She has been an actress, singer, and performer her entire life and is currently on tour with her 15th Broadway show, "On Your Feet". This musical is

Just prior to the 2018 Christmas Holiday season I had the pleasure of having Nohelly as an Uber passenger. Her name immediately caught my attention as I identified the word "Noel" and was able to properly pronounced her name "Noel-ee". To my surprise, however, she was not born in December and was not named after the word "Noel". She was, in fact, named by her grandmother who got the name from a character on a television soap opera! The name is extremely rare and according to

Several months ago I had the pleasure of having Apoliono as an Uber passenger. Born in Texas, but raised in Florida, Apoliono has a bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts and is the Grill Master at Red Lobster in Fort Myers. Because his co-workers often have difficulty pronouncing his name (A-polly-on-oh) he utilizes several AKA's... these include "Paul", "Pauly", and "Polo". His unique name has been passed down many generations from his great-great-great-great grandfather. The n