Angel Hernandez another youth member of the Azteca Program said “the benefits that I get from the Azteca Program is incredible in many different perspectives. First, they keep us out of the streets. Second, the program gives us the tools and the knowledge to become a better person to society. Third, is they help us to improve our grades and soccer talent and last, this is not only a simple program, it a big family where we all have something in common soccer.” The attendance rate is 75 percent from 2015 to 16. 98 percent agree that soccer release their stress and anger. 85 percent said that the mentors help them by giving advice and solving problems. 60 percent mention that they have a tattoo. 35 percent illustrated that they have never played
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I know I’m not a good soccer player, but I get emotional when I hear my mother scream my name when I’m running up in down the soccer field.” Many of the youth don’t spend enough time because parents work long hours. Most parents that have a youth attending to the Azteca Program make the minimum wage. This affects their children because the parents aren’t able to pay for programs or put their kids into sport. Salvador explains how gangs become part of their daily life. “Gangs become a great part of my life. They help me financially and become my new family.” The life of an individuals that have gone through the processes to join a gang and establishing a relationship that is hard to break. The relationship that gangs have with their members is equal to the relationship that people have with their family. Salvador is one of the success stories in the Azteca Program. He has managed to put his life together. Now he has a job, married and father of a young boy. He left his drug addiction for a soccer …show more content…
Females gangs are not big in Watsonville, but the probation office has notice increase gang recruiting targeting young females. The futures goals for the Azteca is to expand the program to other counties. To create a separate program for women where they can implement the same mission to the young females that are future risk in getting target for recruitment. The Program also wants to create and academy where they can help low income kids to improve their soccer skills to keep them out of the streets. The program new target its elementary kids because they believe that if they can target those kids at a young age they can reduce the gang recruitment. This in the long run will increase high school graduation, reduce gang violence and
I know I’m not a good soccer player, but I get emotional when I hear my mother scream my name when I’m running up in down the soccer field.” Many of the youth don’t spend enough time because parents work long hours. Most parents that have a youth attending to the Azteca Program make the minimum wage. This affects their children because the parents aren’t able to pay for programs or put their kids into sport. Salvador explains how gangs become part of their daily life. “Gangs become a great part of my life. They help me financially and become my new family.” The life of an individuals that have gone through the processes to join a gang and establishing a relationship that is hard to break. The relationship that gangs have with their members is equal to the relationship that people have with their family. Salvador is one of the success stories in the Azteca Program. He has managed to put his life together. Now he has a job, married and father of a young boy. He left his drug addiction for a soccer …show more content…
Females gangs are not big in Watsonville, but the probation office has notice increase gang recruiting targeting young females. The futures goals for the Azteca is to expand the program to other counties. To create a separate program for women where they can implement the same mission to the young females that are future risk in getting target for recruitment. The Program also wants to create and academy where they can help low income kids to improve their soccer skills to keep them out of the streets. The program new target its elementary kids because they believe that if they can target those kids at a young age they can reduce the gang recruitment. This in the long run will increase high school graduation, reduce gang violence and