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Isabella Vi Gomes

Isabella Vi Gomes was a writing fellow at Miami New Times. She graduated from Princeton University in 2016. She then earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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Ron Bergeron, Gladesman and GOP Maverick, Mulls Run for Governor

By Isabella Vi Gomes
Feb 27, 2018

Dressed in head-to-toe camouflage, Ron Bergeron emerges from a yellow thicket and gazes at the open pasture. A heavy rainstorm has left behind a field of black mud and wet grass in Big Cypress National Preserve. The sky is gray and the land bare, save for a herd of deer...
Big-Time Financier David Sugarman Falls Far, Ends Up in Jail

By Isabella Vi Gomes
Jan 16, 2018

In a gilded, colonial-style home in Millstone Township, New Jersey, Mary nestled peacefully on her living-room couch. Fast asleep, the 35-year-old pregnant brunette didn't hear her boyfriend drunkenly stumble in. Mary, a brown-eyed, five-foot-five former model from Bronxville, New York, and her boyfriend of nine months, David Sugarman, had recently...
Coconut Grove Residents Demand That City Crack Down on Wave of Massive Modern Houses

By Isabella Vi Gomes
Dec 13, 2017

Miami’s zoning code states new homes built in Coconut Grove can have square footages up to 80 percent of the lot size, allowing for the largest homes of any municipality in Miami-Dade. Now hundreds of Grove residents have signed a petition demanding that new developments be no larger than 50 percent of lots.
Florida Airboat Accidents Have Killed Seven and Injured Dozens in Recent Years

By Isabella Vi Gomes
Dec 12, 2017

Deep in the Everglades, just off the Tamiami Trail, a seven-foot-wide propeller perched on an airboat violently slaps the wind. To drown out the deafening sound, Anastacia Dorst cups her hands tightly over her ears. Still, the narrow path of rippling water ahead feels more airport tarmac than wetland. The...
White Brickell Bro's New Trivia Party Game About Racism Alarms Critics

By Isabella Vi Gomes
Dec 7, 2017

Two weeks ago, financial analyst Matthew Hanna, a 35-year-old from Brickell, released a $25 trivia card game on Amazon that measures players' levels of racism and political correctness. The game, he says, provides a platform for constructive dialogue — a response to the tense political climate in the country.