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Mayra Vide-Pérez |
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Born in Cuba, Mayra arrived in the USA in 1962 on the last freedom flight out of Cuba and settled with her father in Tampa, Florida. She graduated from Florida College of Surgical and Nursing.
Mayra became involved with dentistry when she was 16 years old and was asked by an oral surgeon, Dr. Monteleone, to work for him. It was from her work with Dr Monteleone and the years of taking specialized courses Mayra has learned to recruit and train staff members in business offices. Mayra insists that her employees, and also herself, keep up in their continuing education taking specialized courses at least four times a year.
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“Dr. Monteleone was a very patient man who knew that in order to have the staff he wanted he needed to teach them well and invest time and money in them”. Mayra says.
Soon after moving to Miami, Mayra accepted a job as Membership Director for the South Florida District Dental Association, then called the East Coast District Dental Society. While employed there, she frequently assisted doctors in organizing their offices.
“I met Dr. Albert Suárez, who had just bought a dental practice on Key Biscayne” she said.“He persuaded me to go to work for him, and then advised me to start charging for my services when I helped organize other doctors.”
Now Mayra works with dental and medical offices, attorneys, business offices, hotels, and any kind of business that wants to grow and be profitable.
Mayra has been happily married to Julián Pérez for 25 years and lives in Coral Gables. |
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Mayra established MVP Consulting & Distributing. Through MVP Consulting, Mayra became involved in the Kiwanis of Key Biscayne. She was elected as the Kiwani of the Year in 1997 and twice served as lieutenant governor of Division 26, the first woman to hold this position. She was also the first non-dentist to serve as chairman of the Dade County Dental Assistance Program.
In 2001, Mayra was honored by the South Florida Dental Association as Auxiliary of the Year for her outstanding volunteer work on behalf of dentists and dental organizations in South Florida. She also served on the SFDDA’s Dentist Day Committee and taught Continuing Education courses in both English and Spanish for the SFDDA.
Mayra’s success in business has never stopped her charitable activities. “If you lend a hand, you”ll get it back in the future” she says. “I know because I am living proof of that.”
“I enjoy working with young people,” Mayra says. “Some of the kids are like diamonds in the rough that just need a little polishing. All they need is some guidance and to know that someone cares about them. It doesn’t take much to make a big difference in somebody’s life.”
It is this philosophy that Mayra lives every day in her business and her personal life, and that she credits with the success she has had in her career.
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