Noemi Figueroa Soulet

Noemí Figueroa Soulet is the founder of El Pozo Productions which produced the PBS documentary film “The Borinqueneers,” winner of the Military Channel Award at the GI Film Festival. For more than 24 years, she has been speaking as an authority on the regiment at corporations, universities, military facilities and community organizations; recorded veteran interviews and preserved archival photographs. Born in Puerto Rico, she is a graduate of New York University and resides in Kissimmee, Florida. Her recent award-winning book “The Borinqueneers, A Visual History of the 65th Infantry Regiment” profiles the illustrated history of the only Hispanic-segregated unit in Army history through its participation in three wars. The book received the Silver Medal from the Florida Book Awards.