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...between the paid jobs, Rodriguez has found time for volunteer work. In addition to the Jewish Family Center, Rodriguez has volunteered at the Lutheran Homeless Shelter, where she prepared and served food for the homeless, and at Centro Presente, a Central American refugee center...
...between the jobs, paid and unpaid, Rodriguez has found time for academics. "I feel now that it hasn't been too bad," Rodriguez says. "If I get back a grade and it's only a B, I can't be upset because I have done a lot of things...
...Rodriguez wishes similar success, and similar opportunity, to other Hispanics and Blacks who have been unable to break out of constricting environments...
...poor Hispanics and Blacks allow the poverty-level problem to perpetuate," Rodriguez says. "Because I am so ambitious and resourceful, it hurts me to see those having problems going to school and getting involved with drugs. I hate to see people waste away their lives...
...schedule that may seem overwhelming to others is, for Rodriguez, an attempt to avoid waste--of precious resources, precious time...