From a Shoe Shine Boy to an Excutive A Young Boy's Journey Learning Long Lasting Values While Working Through the Streets and Bars of Bayonne, N. J

The author relates his seven year journey begun as a fifty pound under-nourished, small twelve year old boy.Unknowingly he embarks on his American quest as a newly arrived young, poor immigrant from Puerto Rico who did not even speak English. Wanting to be a productive member of his family, he begins by shining shoes in the streets of Bayonne, New Jersey. Seven years later he starts a professional journey which many dream about but few accomplish.While shining shoes, he acquires and assimilates values that will serve him a lifetime. His reflections are worth reading as many are applicable at any stage of a persons life, young or old.