A car for Mr. Castro

High school math teacher Julio Castro loves his students. Known around school as everyone's favorite teacher, he's always going above and beyond to ensure their success. 

But while Julio loves his job, he could definitely do without the 2+ hour commute.

• It starts at 4:30 am with a seven-mile trek to the metro station on his scooter, then is followed by a 90-minute bus ride and one mile walk to school. And that's just one way.

❤️🚙 Thanks, teach... All of that changed at a recently held "teacher's appreciation assembly." After months of fundraising, Julio's students finally revealed a big surprise for the beloved teacher: a dark blue 2019 Mazda, along with a year's worth of insurance and gas money. 

• “We’ve been taught certain values like empathy,” shared one of this students. "Mr. Castro is the embodiment of that. With this car, with this new opportunity, he’s only going to find more and more ways to help other people around him.”

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