Independent Photos :: Monday December 19, 2005

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Monday December 19, 2005

Independent/Lane Hickenbottom

Independent/Lane Hickenbottom Odalys Perez gets teased with kisses from Carlos Barcenas, left, and Javier Rendon Thursday during a pot-luck lunch honoring Barcenas, who is leaving the Multicultural Coalition. Perez did not speak English when she came to the United States for political asylum from Cuba. Today, the naturalized U.S. citizen is the director of the Multicultural Coalition.

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