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By Carlos Rene Valdez, as told to Jo Cavallo  / September 25, 2023

Finding a New Life Purpose After Cancer

In the summer of 2012, I was living my dream. At 28 years old, I had gone from an impoverished childhood in South Central Los Angeles to the high life in the city of Los Angeles. Unable to afford to go to college, an after-school program helped launch me into a career in the hospitality industry. I ...