Mileyka Burgos-Flores is a native of the Dominican Republic who moved with her family to Attleboro, Massachusetts. After graduating from high school, she received a scholarship to study communications and international studies at University of Miami.
Midway through her first semester, she became extremely homesick. “I mentioned how much I missed home to a group of ladies who worked in the school’s cafeteria. They were Domincanas too — and they knew exactly what I needed,” she recalled.…
