Latino leader, Hector Flores, outgrew modest goals

“As a boy, Hector Flores spent summers traveling from Texas to Indiana and Michigan to pick cherries and tomatoes. He remembers that all he wanted to be when he grew up was a crew chief.

“The crew chief took us up north, and he would play with us. He was like a social worker. I didn’t see any other potential for myself,” he said.

But his ambitions, opportunities and education expanded far beyond those early expectations. He went to college, became a police officer and did civil rights work for the federal government. Now, he’s director of recruitment and retention for the Dallas Independent School District.”

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