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ABOUT

Cross & Heart
JAVIER "HARVEY" RODRIGUEZ
ADVOCATE AND AMBASSADOR

JAVIER (HARVEY) IS THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF "THE AMERICAN DREAM".  HARVEY AND BRIAN BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS IN THE 5TH GRADE AND IT IS HARVEY WHO BRIAN CREDITS WITH GAINING HIS FIRST MAJOR LIFE PERSPECTIVE.  BRIAN RECALLS, "HARVEY TOLD ME OF THE STORIES OF CROSSING THE MEXICAN/US BOARDER WITH HIS FAMILY TO SEARCH FOR A BETTER LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES".  HARVEY WAS JUST 7 YEARS OLD WHEN THE ENTIRE FAMILY HAD A JOB WORKING IN THE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS OF TEXAS AND TENNESSEE WHEN THE FIELD WAS RAIDED BY INS AGENTS.  RUNNING INTO THE WOODS AND SEPARATED FROM HIS PARENTS HARVEY SPENT HOURS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, SCARED AND HIDING IN A FOREIGN LAND.  HARVEY WAS REUNITED WITH HIS EVENTUALLY REUNITED WITH HIS PARENTS AND WAS ABLE TO START THE PATH FOR LEGAL CITIZENSHIP.  YEARS LATER, WITH HARD WORK AND THE HELP OF CLOSE FRIENDS, HARVEY BECAME A US CITIZEN.  HARVEY'S STORY IS PRETTY AMAZING, SURVIVING AGAINST THE ENORMOUS ODDS, HE WENT ON TO WORK AND PAY HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE AND OBTAIN A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT FROM JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY.  HE HAS SPENT OVER 20 YEARS IN SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT POSITIONS  FOR SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING LOGISTICS AND MANUFACTURING ENTITIES LIKE CATERPILLAR WORLDWIDE.  HOWEVER, THE STORY IS STILL BEING WRITTEN AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TRUE AMERICAN DREAM.  HARVEY CURRENTLY RESIDES IN INDIANA WITH HIS WIFE LUPE.

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