by Miasenior | Nov 17, 2017 | Press
Miami Herald – November 17, 2013 | Nancy Dahlberg Conchy Bretos was a social entrepreneur long before being a social entrepreneur was cool. She founded Mia Senior Living Solutions in 1996 with a single housing project in Overtown. “We created a new model...
by Miasenior | Aug 11, 2017 | Press
EmploymentDigest.com – August 11, 2007 | Posted by Bill in Employment News As she approached her 50th birthday, Karen Doyle made a radical change: She gave up a successful career in marketing and public relations to become a gardener in Fort Lauderdale. Allen...
by Miasenior | Sep 14, 2016 | Press
The Chronicle of Philanthropy – September 14, 2006 | Suzanne Perry Five $100,000 prizes awarded to older people who find innovative ways to help society A new prize program that aims to help reshape the way Americans view older people has given five awards of...
by Miasenior | Jul 5, 2011 | Press
Bloomberg Businessweek – Thursday June 30, 2011 | JT Conchy Bretos saw senior citizens living in decrepit public housing when she was Florida’s secretary of aging and adult services in the mid-1990s. Many of those citizens were sent to nursing homes when...
by Miasenior | Aug 10, 2010 | Press
Latina – August 2010 As the former Florida Secretary for Aging, Conchy Bretos saw low-income Latino seniors living in terrible conditions – and it inspired her to create an assisted living facility that anyone could afford. ” I saw people ending up in...
by Miasenior | Jun 12, 2010 | Press
The Commonwealth of California – June 02, 2010 Last month, The Commonwealth Club launched an important new series focusing on Social Entrepreneurship in America, featuring innovators and pioneers bringing an entrepreneurial spirit and rigor to solve societal...
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