AG Leadership was founded in 2016 and now has dozens of mentees under its wing.
“I don’t know where I would be without Albert,” said mentee, Juan Rivera. “I moved here from Honduras when I was 15; I had to move out of my dad’s house because he was an alcoholic.”
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Rivera moved to Florida his junior year but his high school experience looked much different than others.
“I had to sleep in my car in Home Depot parking lots; there were times I was so hungry I thought I’d starve.”