Meet Grandpa Max, who went from engineer to successful pie baker!

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — South Florida is shaped by immigrants. They are our coworkers, our neighbors, our friends, and members of our own families. And for many, coming here means rebuilding their lives from the ground up.

One Venezuelan man knocked on door after door, looking for work, only to be turned away. But the opportunity he was searching for wasn’t behind a desk or a job application.

Meet Maximo Mendoza, affectionately known as Grandpa Max.

He only speaks Spanish, but as we all know, food is the universal language!…

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