The Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees just gained two notable new members.

One is José Félix Díaz , a lawyer and former state Representative who led a successful charge in 2016 to expand Florida’s KidCare enrollment to the children of legal immigrants.

The other is Juan Segovia , a decorated homicide detective in the Cold Case Unit of the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office who also works as a hostage negotiator.

They join two reappointed Board members: Board Chair Michael Bileca , a state lawmaker-turned-executive of a charter school nonprofit whose Board includes Díaz, and city of Hialeah Chief Operating Officer Ismare Monreal .

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointments and reappointments Thursday.

Díaz today works as executive vice president

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