Invasion by Penn and Venables: Naval battle against the pirates of the Caribbean (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692383216)

Virgilio Garcia was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Son of Carmen Acosta and Pompilio Garc?, educator, congressman and senator 1966-1974. He began his university studies in industrial engineering from the Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in Santiago. Garc? served as an educator in the Adult Education Program and worked in the Dominican Telephone Company in his hometown. He moved to the United States in 1971 and studied computer programming in the Lindsey Hopkins Education Center of Miami. Virgilio continued his studies at Florida International University, Miami, Florida, where he received a degree in Industrial Engineering also completed postgraduate courses in Business Administration. President / Founder of Quisqueya USA and the first Dominican digital newspaper in Florida, QuisqueyaUSA.com. Founder of the Dominican Amateur Radio Association of Florida, former president of the Advisory Committee, Hialeah Community Action Agency, Hialeah, FL. Former Executive Director of the Dominican Professional Association of Florida. First Dominican to be nominated as a City Counsil in the state of Florida (not elected), Hialeah, FL November, 1993. Founder of the Dominican American Political Action Committee (DAPAC) in Miami. In 1996 he was appointed as Community Advisory in the Dominican Consulate of Miami, years later, in February 2011, appointed Vice Consul, by presidential decree. Garc? has received several awards, including Professional of the Year Awards Independencia Dominicana Miami, April 1997; Great Community Award, Honor Awards of Merit Miami, December 1997; Community Leader 2002 in Miami, Hispanic-Dominican Athlete Award of the Year, Santo Domingo January 27, 2003. Virgilio and his wife Vilma have two children, Michelle and Cesar as well as six grandchildren.