For Gonzaga senior Alex Ramirez-Gonzalez, advocacy grows from family’s sacrifice
Before dawn most mornings, while his family was still asleep, Alex Ramirez-Gonzalez’s father would leave for construction jobs across the Washington area.
Ramirez-Gonzalez grew up watching the rhythm of those long days: early mornings, late nights and years of physical labor that began after his father crossed into the United States from Mexico at 14 alongside his younger brother, hoping to build a better future.”
For Ramirez-Gonzalez, a graduating senior at Gonzaga College High School, that sacrifice has shaped the way he sees both his future and his responsibility to others.
“I have opportunities they never had,” Ramirez-Gonzalez said. “I take pride in the fact that through their sacrifices, I’m able to do this.”