Ninoska Pérez Castellón (born 1950) is a prominent member of the Cuban exile community in Miami, and outspoken opponent of Fidel and Raúl Castro.
[2] A few months later her family was granted political asylum, while her brothers and uncles eventually took part in the April 1961 failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
Díaz-Balart recognized the "work and accomplishments of a distinguished radio journalist, artist and community activist of South Florida, Ninoska Pérez Castellón, deserving our upmost [sic] respect for promoting democracy and freedom.
[4] In July 2001, both Pérez and her husband resigned from the Cuban American National Foundation in protest over the CANF's "softening" of its once-hardline stance against the Castro brothers.
[1] Along with several other prominent CANF defectors, the couple helped form the Cuban Liberty Council, headquartered in Miami's Little Havana district.