carlos gutierrez, fate, good deeds

Carlos Gutierrez: One’s Fate Is Determined by Good Deeds

Carlos Gutierrez’s father owned a pineapple plantation just outside of Havana, Cuba. During the Cuban Revolution, when Carlos was 6 years old, Fidel Castro’s guerrilla army marched on Havana and usurped authority over their plantation. The Gutierrez family was forced to flee to Miami. When it became apparent they could not return to Cuba, they ...

Emma Lu

A pineapple growing in the field at a pineapple plantation.