Thomas Nazario
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA
"Nobody ever told me as a kid that I could really amount to much at all."
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Thomas's work combines: Education, Law, and Helping People
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
CUNY City College
Graduate Degree
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
CUNY City College
Doctorate
Law
University of San Francisco
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
He grew up in Spanish Harlem, a ghetto in New York City.
2.
One Thanksgiving, he saw a woman going through a garbage can with her daughter-that was their Thanksgiving dinner.
3.
He realized that the planet wasn't as good as he'd thought it was, and he resolved to work to improve it.
4.
His family raised him as a Spanish speaker, and he also struggled with dyslexia, so school was hard for him.
5.
Finally he met a mentor that helped him out, and he was able to start excelling.
6.
Says that without that mentor, he might not have succeeded; says that society tells kids of color that they won't amount to much.
7.
Because of that, he's focused his law work on children's rights, especially on children in third-world countries.
8.
Says he gets frustrated because people who have the capacity to do so much good for the world often do nothing.
Defining Moments
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
As a Puerto Rican kid in New York, going to some terrible schools, nobody ever told me as a kid that I could amount to much at all.