Piper Jones Castillo is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and has worked for the Tampa Bay Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Piper and her husband, Luis, have two children and live in Tampa Bay.
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