Congratulations to Rafael Riera for being chosen as the MTNA Junior Piano Alternate winner for Florida at the October 25, 2008 competition at Hillsborough Community College –Ybor Campus. Rafael Alberto Riera is a citizen of Venezuela, who has been residing in Boca Raton, Florida  the last nine years and is fourteen years of age. Rafael is an eighth grader at the Don Estridge High Tech Middle School in Boca Raton, where he is excels in academics. He also is a competitive tennis player and won the Florida Keys Open Championship in 2006, which was organized by the United States Tennis Association. Rafael has been studying piano with Mr. Harold Brown for five years. During these five years he has participated within several competitions and National Piano Guild evaluations.