YUCA In the News
"Freedom" by Alvaro Alvarez

A free COUNTRY is what I’m told that everyone can have. Yet in this WORLD of struggle and pain it’s hard to FIND freedom when there are families falling down and yearning to succeed.

ONE person can take their life and make it the best, not worry about the struggles that others live. Life would only be great for YOU, no worries and no regrets. But once you LEARN that life is not what you EXPECTED, it’s hard to turn your back on the ones asking for HELP.

You look on your sides and REALIZE that there are no real friends next to you, you become conscious that life is NOT all about money and self power. REAL power is growing up and not having the world in your hands. POWER is making sacrifices for others that are in NEED.

Here in East Palo Alto we have a lot of families WANTING to succeed and patiently waiting to be happy. Working with YUCA has giving me a NEW perspective to life, a way to see life from a DIFFERENT view. MY view is that of the one that IS struggling, wanting for someone to help but no one leaving their own world to give to mine.

East Palo Alto is MY community, MY city, if I don’t help and be apart of it’s movement then who will? That is a QUESTION I can not wait to hear an ANSWER to. I must become FREE.