Fluent in Floridian

You've never met a legislator like Representative Anna Eskamani. The first Iranian-American to hold public office in Florida ran a campaign rooted in her identity and values, and it paid off when she overwhelmingly won House District 47 in Central Florida. She fights for women, children, immigrants and all of her constituents back home, but she's also fighting for a more representative form of government. Representative Eskamani is front and center in the new age of American politics, and she hopes to shape the conversation through her new role. In the newest episode of Fluent in Floridian, SalterMitchell PR Founder + CEO April Salter sits down with Representative Eskamani to discuss her first legislative session, her campaign's authentic voice and how she inspires new leaders.

The Super Bowl is coming! The Special Olympics are coming! The World Cup is (potentially) coming! Angela Suggs is the Paul Revere of Florida sports. In her role as president of the Florida Sports Foundation, she's had the privilege of heralding all sorts of good news in Florida's sports scene. In the latest Fluent in Floridian episode, Angela sits down with SalterMitchell PR President Heidi Otway to discuss Florida's $57 billion dollar sports economy, the upcoming national and international events slated to be in Florida, and the value that sports provide to the state.

Mac Stipanovich is known throughout Florida as a Republican cognoscente, so when he penned an open letter to his fellow Republicans in 2016 imploring them to vote for Hillary Clinton, it came as somewhat of a shock. Now he's left the Republican party completely. He explains why in the latest episode of Fluent in Floridian. Mac sits down with SalterMitchell PR President Heidi Otway to discuss the state of political rhetoric in America, his involvement in Florida's political history and the importance of voting (and knowing how to vote).

The fastest growing sector in the United States job market isn't technology or real estate. It's marijuana. Christian Bax, former director of Florida's Office of Medical Marijuana Use, sits down with SalterMitchell PR President Heidi Otway. In their conversation, they discuss the growth of Florida's medical cannabis industry from zero patients to over 250,000 in two years, the takeaways that Florida can learn from other states and the future of the industry in the state.

Dr. Larry Robinson has been a steadfast presence at Florida A&M University since joining the faculty as a visiting professor in 1997. A nuclear chemist and researcher by trade, Dr. Robinson went on to serve as interim president at FAMU on three separate occasions. In 2017, he was finally named the 12th president of Florida's only historically black public university. The strengthened relationship between FAMU and the global economy is one of the accomplishments Dr. Robinson is most proud of. He is also a proponent of the university's research and regularly promotes the impact of many high-achieving FAMU graduates. In his conversation with SalterMitchell PR President (and FAMU grad) Heidi Otway, Dr. Robinson discusses the role of historically black colleges and universities, his vision for the future, and details about a new partnership with tech giant Google.

One of three U.S. Attorneys for the state of Florida, Larry Keefe has spent his life setting and achieving his goals as the result of hard work and great mentorship.

On the newest episode of Fluent in Floridian, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Larry Keefe talks to SalterMitchell PR CEO April Salter about his career, his mentors, and how he progressed from the Levin College of Law to the highest federal law enforcement position in North Florida.