Student shares story of hard work
April 29, 2008
I spoke this week with one of the students participating in my program. His name is J.J. Rodriguez. He’s 16, and he works about 40 hours a week in addition to being a sophomore at Incline High School.He works 12 hours on Saturdays bussing tables at the Biltmore. During his hour-long lunch break, I interviewed him in the woods behind the casino.
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