Luis Marquez: ‘My mission is to help people’
Tagged: Arizona, cesar chavez, newspaper, parents, Spanish-language
Editor’s note – This is the sixth in a 10-part series of profiles of area residents picked as the 10 Most Influential Hispanics in Yuma County, an annual recognition by Bajo El Sol, The Sun’s Spanish-language sister newspaper.
When he was 13 years old, Luis Marquez began working in the area farm fields alongside his parents and siblings.
It was there in the fields that he met someone who, like his mother, would inspire him, Marquez recalls.
He was participating in labor strikes led by labor leader Cesar Chavez, and Marquez had the opportunity to meet him and shake his hand while on a march in Sacramento, Calif. “I took a picture with him. He is someone who motivated me greatly.”"*
*From: www.yumasun.com
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, People
