Students in Philadelphia at Drexel University in 1988, Adam, from West Orange, NJ and Saeda, from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, met, fell in love and moved to Florida to continue their story. Married since ’97, they moved to Coral Springs two years later because, Saeda says, “We chose Coral Springs for its reputation in creating a healthy, active lifestyle for our family. Thus far…it fits the bill!”
The happy couple have two sons; Joshua, 15, finishing 9th grade at Coral Glades High school and Aaron, 13, finishing 7th at Sawgrass Springs Middle. Both boys are very active in the community, swimming for the Coral Springs Swim Club and Joshua also swims on the Coral Glades team. Accomplished black belts in Tae Kwon Do, the brothers are currently yellow belts in Jui Jitzu and are also certified scuba divers. Joshua and Aaron both enjoy video games and basketball in their spare time. Joshua also has fun making videos for his YouTube channel YouTube.com/the JEGnetwork. With an ear for music, Aaron is a band member at school and enjoys playing his sax and keyboard. He recently celebrated his Bar Mitzvah.
The shortest member of the family is Rambo. “Rambo is a rescue from Puerto Rico and has been with our family since he was 3,” Saeda tells us. A 5 year-old Shnoodle, Rambo doesn’t quite live up to his name, but is a perfect gentleman during our photo shoot. “He is our third child,” Saeda says. “We couldn’t imagine life without him!”
Adam has worked with JM Family Corporate for more than 10 years and Saeda wears two hats…Mom and running her own marketing business, Jerafiks, INC. She keeps busy in the Coral Springs community being a past PTO President for Maplewood Elementary and on other boards within the City.
When not attending swim meets on weekends, the Garbers love to spend time in the Keys or taking weekend trips to Orlando. They travel extensively as a family to exciting destinations like Alaska, Vancouver, the Canadian Rockies and the Grand Canyon. Adam says, “We really love the outdoors and enjoying quality time together.”
The Garbers are members of Temple Beth Chai.
