Marco Garcia just finished serving a five-year sentence at the James V. Allred Unit in Wichita Falls for drug possession.
His backpack slung over his shoulder, Marco Garcia took another step toward setting his life right. Using his U-Pass ticket, he boarded the No. 76 VIA Metropolitan Transit bus on Old Highway 90, bound for downtown, where he transferred to the No. 26 bus. It took him from the West Side bus stop near Wolff Stadium to Martin Luther King Drive, across from St. Philip’s College, where he’s studying business management and technology.
VIA bus driver rises through ranks to take No. 2 leadership position As he does three times a week, Garcia settled in among neighbors, day laborers and others shuttling back and forth on daily routes in the 85-degree muggy morning heat. He offered his seat to a standing older man with a limp — the man politely declined. The bus rolled by taquerias, auto shops and a repair service sign that declared, “We’ll Fix It.” A stop in front of St.
Azhalia Ramirez delivers bags of hope to homeless across San Antonio “I have access to whatever I need to do,” Garcia said. “All I have to do is get there and ask, ‘What else do you want?’” Tashina Piña, director of Alamo Colleges Ready to Work, said emergency assistance is one of the support services that helps students. The aid includes clothing referrals, transportation passes and gift cards. Case management is another pillar of the program.
‘We all have a story’: San Antonio poets express identity, authenticity through spoken word culture He sipped coffee from a tall, metallic cup as he waited in the shade of the cylindrical canopy for the second leg of his 11-mile trip. Within sight of the transit’s courtyard was the Doubletree Hotel, where Garcia said he once worked as a cook. It’s one of the kitchens where he sharpened the skills he intends to use in an eatery of his own.
‘A gift to the city’: San Antonio’s Italian community unveils statue to replace Christopher Columbus As the No. 26 bus rumbled on to the East Side, Garcia reflected on the starts and stops of his journey. Minutes along Iowa Street, Garcia lamented the loss of several friends to the coronavirus. At St. Philip’s, he arrived early for class at the Saint Artemisia Bowden Building. After buying bottled water in the campus bookstore, he chugged the cool liquid as he walked to Room 111 for class.
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