Ubirathan Miranda

“Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.”

Ubirathan “Ubi” Miranda is a 32-year-old Brazilian born man who dropped out of high school after immigrating to Florida.  Health problems, immigration concerns and racism at his school all factored into reasons why Miranda left school before graduation.  Miranda immigrated to the United States with his family when he was in fifth grade.  He was actually in the fifth grade for three years, but because his family moved so frequently: he never got a chance to complete it. 

After a series of dead end jobs Miranda came to the realization that getting an education was key to building a better life. He enrolled in night classes at East Area Adult High School and obtained his GED in two months, working during the day and attending class in the evening. 

At present, Miranda is a network manager at Auburndale high school and he teaches ESOL to students at the East Area Adult High School, the program where he got his start.  He obtained his B.A. in theology, graduating from Life Christian University and then went on to obtain his M.B.A.  Miranda lives in Winter Haven with his wife and two children. 

Words of Encouragement: I really would like to echo, prime minister, Winston Churchill’s commencement address, I believe it was at Harbor at the closing of World War II he just said simply, never give up.  Something to that effect, never give up, never give up, never give up, never give up, never give up.

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