Dora Bain-Smith

Dora Bain-Smith

I don't think there's another place in this country where I'd rather live than in South Florida with its year-around perfect weather. I was born and raised in Miami, attended public schools and graduated from Miami Dade Community College. I love to travel, but there's no place like home.

As administrative assistant to the editor I am not a member of the board, but I deal with lots of very important people Â… you. Mine is the voice you hear when you call the Editorial Board to express your views or voice concerns. You can be sure that your praise or outrage is passed on to, and heard by, the board members.

My husband, Richard Smith, and I have three children. Our oldest, Tiffany, lives in Virginia with her husband, Arling, and son, Myles. Alexander now makes his living in Atlanta. And Christopher, our youngest, is an eleventh-grader at Miami Beach Senior High.

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EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR

Myriam Márquez

Myriam Márquez is the Editorial Page Editor and has a column that runs in the Metro & State section on Sundays. A University of Maryland journalism graduate, she has worked at The Miami Herald since 2005, serving as assistant city editor and later deputy metro editor. She spent 18 years as an editorial board member and columnist at The Orlando Sentinel. Born in Cuba, she grew up in Miami. She is married to Orlando investigative TV reporter Tony Pipitone, and they have two sons -- a Florida State Seminole and a University of Florida Gator.
DEPUTY EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR

Juan Vasquez

Juan Vasquez is the Deputy Editorial Page Editor. A University of Texas graduate, he was a foreign correspondent for The Los Angeles Times living in Mexico City before moving to Miami in 1985 to cover Latin America for a TV network. He joined the Herald in 1999 as national/foreign editor. In 2003 he joined the editorial board as deputy. He writes editorials about Latin America and the Caribbean, national and financial issues. Born in Texas, Vasquez and his wife, Patricia, have two grown children and live in Miami-Dade County.
LETTERS EDITOR

Nancy Ancrum

Nancy Ancrum is The Miami Herald's letters editor. A native New Yorker, Ancrum has worked at The Miami Herald since 1983. A graduate of New York University, she began her career at the now-closed Baltimore Evening Sun. Before becoming a member of the Editorial Board in 1990, she worked as an assistant city editor in the Herald newsroom. She oversees letters to the editor and designs the opinion pages. Ancrum also writes a column for the Herald's food section called Cultural Kitchen. She is married to George Fishman, a mosaic artist.