ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida is home to millions of people who identify as Hispanic but their landmarks are not Walt Disney World or the Lake Eola bandshell.Central Florida’s Hispanic community starts their Mondays at the Sedano’s Supermarket on South Orange Blossom Trail, asking for a cafecito before heading to work.
The wisest members gather at The Robert Guevara Community Center to rattle dominoes together in a marathon of games as salsa music plays in the background.The future of the community finds each other at the largest Hispanic Serving Institution in the state: the University of Central Florida, speaking in Spanish as they discuss being some of the first in their families to graduate college and their dreams of reuniting their.