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She was born Lucrecia Ninoska Perez Castellon in Havana, Cuba on March 15, 1950.
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She is a notable Spanish radio talk show host and political commentator on Radio Mambi and Radio Martí. She is also an occasional columnist for the Miami Herald. Her family fled the island to the United States on June 5, 1959, following the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
Ever since, she has resided in Miami where she has played an active role in opposing the Cuban regime.
She is a graduate of Miami-Dade College and the University of Miami. Pérez is both a radio host at Radio Mambi and television host of Ultima Palabra, a political show on WGEN-television in Key West, Florida.
On June 23, 2011, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart introduced a record in the United States Congress House of Representatives under "Proceedings and Debates of the 112th Congress, First Session". Ninoska recently launched her career as an artist with a series of whimsical watercolors reminiscent of her native Cuba.
Her "Habaneras" were unveiled in Cuba Nostalgia in 2010 Miami Herald - Myriam Marquez - May 23, 2010 and also in Cuba Nostalgia 2011, El Nuevo Herald - Sarah Moreno - May 20, 2011.
Ninoska has also exhibited in Solo Art Miami Inaugural Show 2010, the South Miami Art Festival, Carnaval on the Mile Coral Gables and others In her own words, "Painting is returning to my lost City" referring to the City of Havana where she was born. She frequently donates her paintings to humanitarian causes for fund raising efforts, such as Louisiana Liga Contra el Cancer, Women Against Repression, Cuban American Bar Association, Cuban Cultural Heritage and Amigos for Kids.
Perez, the son of a high-ranking officer for the ousted Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, was imprisoned for 27 years and 8 months (1959–1987) because of his "involvement in a conspiracy" against Fidel Castro organized by the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo.
Perez was released from jail reportedly through the intervention of the Panamanian leader, General Manuel Noriega. Along with several other prominent CANF defectors, the couple helped form the, headquartered in Miami"s Little Havana district.
Perez has remarked that one of the proudest career moments was in January 2009, when President George West. Bush called into Radio Mambi eight days before turning over the reins of power to President Barack Obama, recounting that Bush told her he "would have liked to implement the plan for a post-Castro Cuba that we had prepared.".
