The Influence Of Alvaro: Life In The Wick

Christian Peters
Mr. Dibenedetto
English 11, H
May 7th, 2014 Living Life in the Burning and Not in the Wick

For Alvaro, it was nothing more than an ordinary day; he walked the halls in a jagged manner in no rush at all to get to class. He took a sharp turn and walked down the stairwell of B house. He was now on the second floor. At the time, Alvaro was in his first term of his senior year at Malden High School. He knew his way to fro any classroom by now. But on this particular rainy day, he didn’t get to his first class. Instead, he was stopped by his guidance counselor, Erin Craven. She pointed her finger at him and told him to come over to her office. “What happened this time,” thought Alvaro. “What did I do wrong?”Anxiously,
So that’s why during his sophomore year at Union, after deciding on obtaining a double major in History and Africana Studies, he wanted to get more involved in his school and give back to his community while achieving things along the way such as awards, leadership positions, and an unmistakable mark in Union College. In order to get more involved, Alvaro had to find an appropriate program or club to join. He first joined a greek club. He was recognized for his “conspicuous attainments and service in collegiate activities” in this club. (Christakis, Michael. Omicron Delta Kappa. Comp. Alvaro J. Peters, Mr. 03 Feb. 2013. Award for collegiate activities. Union College, Schenectady, NY.) Then alvaro joined the multicultural club. Alvaro had to participate in a week-long interview and analysis from the multicultural club director in order to attain membership. But since Alvaro displayed conspicuous leadership qualities, the director asked for him to be one of the officers already. Alvaro accepted the offer and it took no longer than the first month for him to achieve the “Multicultural service award.” (Inclusion, Leadership Council On. Multicultural Service Award. Comp. Alvaro J. Peters. Spring 2013. New York.) Alvaro also felt the need to revive the 1990s group called phenomenal males so that he could "raise the standard of scholarship and manhood and to reassess the term 'success.’ ” In doing so, Alvaro mentored teenagers in New York in order to help these underprivileged and underrepresented young individuals of color who have potential.(Communications and Marketing, The Office Of. "Mentoring Program Aims to Support Young Men of Color." Mentoring Program Aims to Support Young Men of Color. Union College, 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2014). Not to long after Alvaro commenced this tutoring program, he received the "volunteer of the week" due to Alvaro