Carlos Ruiz

            The person who I interviewed was Carlos Ruiz. He was born in Chicago, on August 15, 1990. When he was young he always moved to different houses. He moved to Puerto Rico when he was two. He lived on the southside of Puerto Rico. He came back to Chicago when he was 10 and has lived on Armitage and Kostner. Carlos likes playing soccer and basketball a lot. He also enjoys pizza a lot.

            Carlos' view on education was that we should always stay in school because our education is very important. It might sound boring or lame but it’s worth it especially right now because we are young. We also shouldn’t be acting like we are old already when were in our teenage years. We get to enjoy life when we were young and live it to the fullest and to never give up because if we really want something we have to go for it in order to accomplish our dreams or goals.

            Carlos let us know that he worked for the BUILD program to help out kids and let them participate during the summer so that they would have something to do. There are jobs that we can do during our vacation so that we can get better in things that we have a passion for. This summer program helps out our communities a lot because it helps kids stay out of trouble and to get distracted and it also helps kids stay out of gang violence, drugs, and alcohol.

            He suggested to always stay away from drugs. A lot of people are dying right now because of the use of alcohol or drugs and people don’t seem to realize that. “If you’re a gangbanger and you think it’s cool, it really isn’t, once you die nobody will care like you thought they would”. That was one of the inspirational quotes that he gave us. “Do something that will make people remember you, not anything bad, or else it doesn’t mean anything," was another piece of advice he gave us

            Carlos' hero is his mom because she helped him out with college and always inspired him to keep going or do better. She would get mad a lot but he loved her because she believed that he can go far and become what he always wanted to become. “I missed my mom even though she was strict about me going out a lot and not being home as often, I missed her food a lot but her especially," was what Carlos said about his mom.