Charles Apple

Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays to my good friend Javier Torres, Assistant Managing Editor of the Fort Myers News-Press. Javier turns 38 today.

As if that wasn’t enough, he became a U.S. citizen on June 13.

Javier has been at the News-Press for about four years. He’s a member of the SND board of directors and is a big reason the News-Press was named Innovator of the Year last fall by the APME.
Previously, Javo was a sports designer for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and design director at the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star.

A few samples of his work:

See more in his NewsPageDesigner gallery.

Javier shares a birthday with actor Shelley Duvall, musicians Ringo Starr and Doc Severinsen, skater Michelle Kwan, writer Robert Heinlein and designer Pierre Cardin.

Plus, today is National Strawberry Sundae Day. Seriously.

Best wishes, Javier, for a very happy birthday… and congratulations on becoming a citizen!

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