Growing up in Echo Park raised by immigrant parents, life consisted of Spanish speaking at home and English at school . My father, an auto wrecking mechanic, my mother a seamstress. They decided to purchase our first home in Downey when I turned five years because they wanted to raise me in a good school district . I remember when the Realtor handed the keys to me . What a feeling. From that day on ,I knew this little five year old wanted to help...