Faculty members hand diplomas to graduating students during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
Pedro Portal
pportal@miamiherald.com
Miami Dade College hosted three commencement ceremonies on Saturday at loanDepot park, home of the Miami Marlins. The early ceremony featured Reshma Saujani, a leading activist who has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for the economic empowerment of women and girls. Graduates from the North, Hialeah and West campuses walked in that ceremony.
The other ceremonies’ keynote speakers included Patrick Gelsinger, head of a venture capital firm, and Fred Voccola, co-founder and vice chairman of tech company Kaseya.
Here are photos from the early ceremony.
Drama school student Dayana Torres wears a scarf expressing her support for the Cuban dissident movement Patria y Vida during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
MDC President Madeline Pumariega confers degrees for graduating students during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Student Raul Rivero received the MDC Board of Trustees Scholarship from President Madeline Pumariega (second from left) and Board of Trustees members including Chair Michael Bileca, during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Student Andrea Ortuna Farfan received the MDC Board of Trustees Scholarship from President Madeline Pumariega (second from left) and Board of Trustees members including Chair Michael Bileca, during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Messages seen on graduating students’ mortarboards during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Messages on graduating students’ mortarboards during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Keynote speaker Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, addresses students and faculty during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Messages on graduating students’ mortarboards during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Students listen to keynote speaker Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Messages on graduating students’ mortarboards during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Graduating students celebrate during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Graduating students celebrate under a rain of confetti during Miami Dade College’s North, Hialeah and West Campuses 2025 commencement ceremonies at LoanDepot Park, in Miami on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
This story was originally published April 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM.
