The ‘poster child’ for homelessness in Miami-Dade County is an unsinkable Cuban widow called Mechy

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Mechy Paez Polo

By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org

Mechy Paez Polo is content to live in a pleasant shelter for homeless seniors now that her true home, with her husband Orlando Polo, is gone.

She compares herself to a bird that can’t fly anymore. “I have a wing,” the Cuban native said in halting English, extending an arm. “I don’t have another wing.” 

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