Miami Beach, FL – February 22, 2020 – The fifth annual For the Love of Learning Gala, co-chaired by Trish and Dan Bell and Maria and Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Schools, took place at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami. The Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Class of 2020 Alumni Hall of Fame inductees were honored at the gala; Barry Jenkins, Mitchell Kaplan, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Sam Moore, and Stephen M. Ross. Over 500 gala attendees were treated to an out-of-this-world night, raising over $650,000 to enhance student achievement and other educational initiatives.

Trish & Dan Bell

Trish Bell

Ann De Las Pozas & Louis Aguirre

Alberto M. Carvalho

Louis Aguirre

Sam Moore & Alberto M. Carvalho

Sam Moore

Alberto M. Carvalho, Sam Moore, Mitchell Kaplan, & Tarell Alvin McCraney

Nat Moore & Joyce Moore

Ben Ferber, Christina & Jon Paul Perez

Joyce Moore, Gita Caplin, & Lark Bennett

Kara & Steve Ross, & Joy Lundeen

Kyle Doailey, Erika Lopez, & Arlyn Vazquez

Susi Westfall, Tarell Alvin McCraney, & Alan Fein

Sajad Pouyan, Charles Dorr, & Tom Bendt

Nat & Pat Moore, & Albert E. Dotson

Sarah Emmons & Nicky Zarchen

Ernst Moise & Cleopatra Bauduy

Ivy Bennett & Sheila Womble

Daniel Kaplan & Sophie Torrents

Albert E. Dotson

Henry Horstmann, Alfred Thomas, & Mike DiBenedetto

Selena Thomas, Mary DiBenedetto, & Maria Horstmann

Emira Gjata, Cristina Rua, & Natalia Munilla