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Boy of the Year: Competing for a Dream
Boy of the Year: Competing for a Dream
Boy of the Year: Competing for a Dream
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Boy of the Year; Competing for a Dream, is a memoir about growing up. The place: a tough Mexican-American barrio in El Paso, Texas. The time: the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. The culture: deeply rooted in Mexico but the aspirations were decidedly American. The future, however, was bleak. Socio-econ

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Release dateJun 17, 2019
ISBN9780578531410
Boy of the Year: Competing for a Dream
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Willie Chavez

Willie Chavez grew up in the Paisano Projects, a Mexican-American barrio in the south side of El Paso, Texas. He was a member of the El Paso Boys' Club between 1959 and 1965 and participated heavily in just about every activity offered by the Club. After graduating from Jefferson High School, he spent a year at Texas A&M University before receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. After graduating with the class of 1970, he served in the Air Defense Artillery branch of the US Army for 5 years. In 1978, he received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University and pursued a career in corporate law with the IBM Corporation, Compaq Computers and Hewlett-Packard. He retired in 2005 and lives with his wife, Licia, in Houston, Texas and Tucson, Arizona.

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