Roly Piña was born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba on October 3, 1963.

He escaped the communist regime via the Freedom flights on Eastern Airlines and arrived in the United States in 1970 in search of the American dream.

Roly graduated from Hialeah Senior high school in 1982. He later attended Miami-Dade Community College and Florida international University where he took several courses in labor relations.

At age sixteen Roly took a job as a bag boy for his neighborhood Winn-Dixie grocery store where through succession of jobs, promotions and excellent performance he was rewarded as the youngest Winn-Dixie Manager in the company.

In October 1986, Roly was hired by UPS as a package car driver. In 1993 he was appointed to serve as Trustee on Teamsters Local Union 769’s executive board and Vice-President two years later. 

Roly resigned from UPS in January 1997 and accepted an offer as a business agent for Teamster Local Union No 769. As an officer and business agent he negotiated collective bargaining agreements subject to the National Mediation Board, National Labor Relations Act and the Florida Public Employee Relations Act. He also represented members in their grievances, negotiated collective bargaining agreements and aggressively organized new employers in a wide variety of industries.

In December 2004, Roly was elected  to serve as Recording Secretary of Teamsters Local 769 followed by his elected position as Secretary Treasurer in 2018. On August 30th of that same year he became a Sommelier certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers Americas.

After more than 37 years of membership and leadership in the Teamsters Union, Roly retired on February 29, 2024.

The citizens of the city of Hialeah Gardens elected Roly Piña as their Councilman in 2001.

He has been reelected every term since and selected in excess of a decade by his peers to serve as vice-chairman of City Council.

Roly and his wife Rebeca currently reside in Hialeah Gardens, Florida for over three decades with their fur babies.