From a refugee to hundreds of thousands of them

The Miami Freedom Tower is a skyline icon and a key protagonist in the city’s history. In 1962, it became a refugee processing center where over half a million Cubans began new lives in America. Now a museum and cultural center, it marks its 100th anniversary with a new visual identity shaped by Inés Suárez, who arrived there as a young girl fleeing Communist Cuba. Her memories and feelings help a new generation understand what it meant to walk through its doors in search of a new life.