Change can affect individuals in many ways.  Sometimes, people are placed in situations where change is inevitable and unplanned.  However, for the Slade family, their enormous life change was calculated and, most importantly, has had a positive impact.  Living all of their life in Cornwall, England, Helen and Andrew Slade recently moved to the United States because they felt … [Read more...]

Beyond the prestige of having a medical school in Lake Nona, there are positive effects that occur throughout the community as a byproduct because of its presence.  Third-year medical students Steven Kelly and Jordan Mabey are great examples of how having the UCF College of Medicine in our backyard has already strengthened our community. Not willing to wait until he became … [Read more...]

Sharon Fuentes is not just another new neighbor who has moved into the Nonahood. She is a very passionate wife, mother of two children, and an award-winning, published author. As a mother of an autistic child, her parenting adventure has taken many twists and turns. She starting writing in 2011 because, as she says, “it’s cheaper than therapy” for her. She uses her sense of … [Read more...]