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JESSE
GARCIA
The athletic field’s groundskeeper plants
deep roots in the college community.
BY IZABELLA SANTANA / el Don
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“When I’m
learning
something It
takes me a
little longer to
understand it,
but once I’ve
got it, I work
hard to be the
best at what
I do.”
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Allene Symons
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eeping Santa Ana
College’s athletic
fields up to par is an
overlooked task and
may be seen as a thankless
job. Relaxed and amiable,
Jesse Garcia spends his
days tending the athletic
fields so they are neat and
playable for all the athletes.
Garcia played sports to
stay off the streets. For fun,
he’d imitate singer James
Brown and even now he
says he feels like a child at
heart. His warm smile and
easy-going demeanor gives
a welcoming vibe to each
person who meets him.
Although Garcia enjoys
his job, he also likes spending time with his wife, Lina.
The high school sweethearts met at Santa Ana
High School and have been
married for 36 years.
Instead of attending college, Garcia jumped right
into the workforce.
“I’d followed my friends
and decided to start working in construction,” said
Garcia. “But I still regret not
going to college.”
As a form of educating
himself, he watches the
History Channel and is
fascinated with the idea of
space and its unexplored
corners. If he had gone
to college, Garcia said, he
would have either become
a physicist or some field
along the lines of space
exploration.
“When I’m learning something, it takes me a little
longer to understand it, but
once I’ve got it, I work hard
to be the best at what I do,”
Garcia said.
Despite his regrets, he is
content with his lifestyle.
He gets to enjoy more time
with his family and loves
his job. Off the field he’s
got his own cement business. Most of all, he takes
pride in his children, one of
whom is attending SAC.
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Freshman volleyball player
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at College Park in Irvine.
Anderson is the only
current trans athlete in
California collegiate sports.
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