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Joseph M. Alicea
Joseph Alicea
was born in New York City and was raised in areas known as Spanish Harlem and
the South Bronx. Those were neighborhoods whose streets, parks, schools, and
apartment buildings existed ...view moreJoseph Alicea
was born in New York City and was raised in areas known as Spanish Harlem and
the South Bronx. Those were neighborhoods whose streets, parks, schools, and
apartment buildings existed in perpetual decline. Sadly, most visitors
suspected the inhabitants themselves were in equal decline. Whatever promise,
if any, the future held for kids growing up in those ghettos was questionable;
survival was their first priority. Joe and many of his friends took the best
out of every experience from school, family, friendships, and the streets. They
took control of their lives. They are survivors.
Joe left New
York City and joined the U.S. Air Force. Along the
way, he earned a BS in Aeronautical Sciences and an MS in Business Management.
He went from Enlisted man to Officer and traveled with his family around the
world to places they had only dreamed of while living in the Bronx.
Over the last twenty years, Joe has demonstrated a selfless commitment to
mentoring programs for young adults. He has spent countless hours with middle
and high school children in Europe and the United
States counseling, teaching, coaching, and
helping them understand that they too can reach for the stars.view less