6 May 15-21, 2025 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | de Valle following the arrest show a cheesing Galvez Turros. And while her LinkedIn indicates that she graduated from Florida International University (FIU) in 1997 with a Bachelor’s degree in Journal- ism and Communications, as well as a degree in Political Science, an FIU spokesperson tells New Times that Galvez Turros attended FIU — but never graduated from the university. In a text with New Times, Galvez Turros said she would ask the “girls” who handle social me- dia for her PR firm to “confirm this” — adding she is “no expert on LinkedIn” but believes her profile should list both Miami Dade College and FIU as schools she “attended.” She explained that owing to financial hardship, she began working full-time while still in high school and continued doing so through college. “Print whatever you like that’s what your pub- lication usually does,” she wrote. From PR to Politics According to her LinkedIn, Galvez Turros has owned a boutique PR firm, Go To Marketing, since 2006 and has served on the City of Miami’s Histori- cal and Environmental Protection Board since 2018. In the summer of 2016, Galvez Turros and Mi- ami Republican Sen. Ileana Garcia (who, at the time, was the Trump campaign’s communica- tions director for Latino outreach) launched Lati- nas for Trump with a “Coming Out Trump” party at a Coral Gables bar. At the event, dozens of women wore bright red T-shirts and publicly de- clared their support of Trump for the first time. “It’s easier coming out gay than it is coming out GOP or as a Trump supporter as a Latina,” Galvez Turros told a reporter during the event. “Early in the election, we would be out with a group of girls and we’d we’d be talking politics. And all the people who liked Hillary would start talking and the rest of us would stay quiet. That’s what this is about tonight. People coming out and saying it: ‘I’m Latina, and I support Donald Trump.’” Months later, she penned an op-ed for CNBC titled “I’m a Latina and here’s why I support Trump—and his immigration plan.” In the piece, she wrote that while she sees the “beauty of the diverse cultures converging in this country firsthand,” as a Cuban-American living in Miami, she considers herself “American first.” “Latina or not, the American Dream comes at a price — it comes with strings attached such as the profound belief in and the support of De- mocracy, the Bill of Rights and the laws that gov- ern this country and its sovereignty,” she wrote. “A growing number of Latinas and Latinos just like myself agree with Mr. Donald J. Trump on his plans for immigration because it puts America and its citizens first.” In an MSNBC interview the following month, Galvez Turros reaffirmed her support for Trump in light of the revelation of the 2005 video where he was caught on the hot mic brag- ging about kissing, groping, and trying to have sex with women. (“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy,” he said.) A self-described lo- cal “activist,” Galvez Turros has more re- cently used her social media platform to blast the city’s recent leadership — specifically, Car- ollo, whom she’s called out for alleged public corruption and dubbed a “selfish crook,” among other things. In the press release announcing her campaign, Galvez Turros appears to take credit for exposing a scheme involving former city attorney Victoria Mendez and her family regarding the state’s guardianship program and the homes of vulnera- ble seniors (Mendez, who was ultimately fired, and her husband were accused of exploiting the system to buy properties at below-market prices). However, as de Valle notes, WLRN reporters Joshua Ceballos and Daniel Rivero’s award-win- ning investigation appears to have uncovered Mendez’s plot — not Galvez Turros. [email protected] If At First from p5 “IT’S EASIER COMING OUT GAY THAN IT IS COMING OUT GOP OR AS A TRUMP SUPPORTER AS A LATINA.” West Miami Vice Mayor Natalie Orbis has been appointed to the Miami-Dade Commission’s District 6 seat, replacing U.S. Ambassador Kevin Cabrera. Photo by Natalie Orbis
