Lizbet Martínez
Lizbet Martínez | |
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Born | Lizbet Martínez 1981/1982 (age 41–42) Cuba |
Nationality | Cuban |
Alma mater | Florida International University |
Occupation | Elementary English educator |
Known for | playing The Star Spangled Banner after being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard |
Lizbet Martínez[1] is a Cuban violinist and English teacher at M.A. Milam K-8 Center.[2]
During the ""balsero crisis" of 1994, over 30,000 Cubans immigrated to the United States from Cuba on rafts.[3] Seen as a symbol of the balsero exodus, Martínez first became known on August 21, 1994, as a 12-year-old rafter from Cuba.[4][5] This was when the U.S. Coast Guard picked her and her family out of her raft.[6] The Coast Guard wanted to take her violin because they thought the case might contain a weapon. She then opened the case and started to play The Star Spangled Banner on her violin.[7] She spent five months at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base before being relocated to Miami.[8][9]
Martínez attended Florida International University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in music education.[10] At her graduation at Florida International University she played the anthem in front of her fellow graduates to kick off the university's commencement ceremony.[11] Martínez later played on her violin in front of United States Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.[8][12][13] Martínez also performed alongside Gloria Estefan and Jon Secada.[14]
She later became a teacher at Emerson Elementary, before teaching at M.A. Milam K-8 Center.[2][15] She taught music, until budget cuts took away Milam's music program, leading her to teach English. Martínez is also married and has two children.[3] Martínez was also featured in the film Voices from Cuba.[16] After 20 years passed since Martínez emigrated from Cuba, a follow-up article was published about the situation.[3]
References
Citations
- ↑ Horowitz & Suchlicki 2003, p. 321.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tester 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Torres 2014.
- ↑ Santiago 2014.
- ↑ "In their own words" 2004.
- ↑ "Violin remains key" 2003.
- ↑ Marquez 1994.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Zucco 2003.
- ↑ Davison 1995.
- ↑ De Valle 2003.
- ↑ Diaz 2003.
- ↑ Richter 1995.
- ↑ Kelly 1995.
- ↑ Marquez 2001.
- ↑ Lamas 2003.
- ↑ "The Voices" n.d..
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