Thursday, May 24, 2012

Hector Gonzalez (Garfield-7th Period)


Hector Gonzalez is a family coordinator at John Hancock high school that helps families get the support they need to help their children be successful in their education. He has been working there for three years. He has a wife and one child. He graduated from Roosevelt high school. At that time he also got arrested for the mistakes he did. Hector loves to cook, especially grilled chicken and all types of chicken. Hector also went to college in Mexico for four years. He moved to Mexico because his mother got deported.
Hector Gonzalez went through some challenging moments in his life. His mother got deported and he got arrested when he was in high school. Facing all his childhood challenges has made him what he is today. He is a family coordinator because he wants students to be successful in life. “The community means the world to me,” he said.
“I admire my family for being supportive for the decisions I made, I admire people who want to make a difference in the world,” that’s what Mr. Gonzalez said. He also said that he treasures knowing that he would wake up and see his family and daughter. He also said that he treasures people who want to create a change in their community. This makes him a hero because he is trying to encourage people to make a change in their community and help out other people who need help.
“Heroes and heroines are not on television,” he said. Mr. Gonzalez said that heroes are people who make a change and that they are not afraid to fail. Also that no matter what happens they would always help people.
 Written by Julia O.

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