Rene Valdes, a project manager with Faour Glass Technologies in Tampa, has been working with glass since he immigrated to the United States when he was 12 years old. His father, Raymond Valdes, came to the United States in 1968 when Valdes was 3 months old. The plan was for Valdes, his two sisters and mother to join his father in the United States, but before they could make the arrangements Fidel Castro closed the borders and prevented Cubans from leaving the country.
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