Latino leader to be honored for efforts to improve Castro Valley, California.

“Roberto Vargas’s motto, “Por Vida” (For Life), guides everything he does.

He helped organize Hayward’s first Latino mental health center. His efforts were prompted by the need for mentally ill Latinos to have love, respect and understanding for themselves and others.

For 20 years, he’s met weekly with the Oakland Men’s Council, counseling participants in becoming more responsive husbands, fathers and sons. He’s created, taught and led “Da de los Muertos” (Day of the Dead) ceremonies at the Oakland Museum each October and November.”

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