At least one million Dominicans live in the United States.
Among them there are many who do very well in their new country.
Several former residents of Sosúa have built a new life in the USA.
Among them Omar Messon Espaillat, son of the famous author and socially active resident of Sosúa under the same name.
His father has several literary awards for his short stories and poems to his name.
His mother Carolina Espaillat Montan is a known businesswoman and a respected personality in Sosúa.
And now their son Omar recently graduated, what made his parents both very proud, at the University of Arkansas, Cum Laude for his diploma in Law studies.
Omar Messon Espaillat