Meche Marchand
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Meche Marchand, who now goes by the name of Rivka Marchand, is a Jewish actress and author.

Marchand was born in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 where she was a radio, television and stage actress. She lived in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

 where she worked as a Court Interpreter, Hebrew teacher and recording talent for several studios.She is the mother of soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...

 Yolanda Vadiz
Yolanda Vadiz
Yolanda Vadiz was a Puerto Rican soprano. She got her Bachelor of Arts degree in Puerto Rico and her Master's degree in Manhattan School of Music in New York. While in New York, she sang the leading role in the zarzuela "Dona Francisquita" for the Repertorio Español theater company housed at the...

, who died in December, 1987.

She is the author of Manual de Consejitos Utiles, Mi Camino, mi Verdad, mi Yolanda; and co-author of the cook book Friendo y Comiendo. Her most recent work is Valgame Dios - Exposicion de la historia, cultura, lenguaje y religion de un pueblo que nos afecta a todos. She made Aliyah (moved to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

) in 2005, and now lives in Jerusalem.

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