The Emotional Life Story Of Jimmy Santiago Baca By Rob Baker

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Baca The mystical life story of Jimmy Santiago Baca, as told by freelance writer Rob Baker, goes through multiple stages fortunate and unfortunate events. As described in the article Baca’s mother was bitten by a rattle snake before he was born, this would translate into Baca being able to “see in the dark” and also more realistic “he would change many times throughout his life, just as a snake sloughs its skin”. A beautifully explained metaphor by the healer, but sadly a tragic impact on Baca’s life. The numerous stages of Baca’s life, as discussed in the article, explain that through his hardships, unexpected redemption and eventually his life calling as a mentor to troubled youth can mean that anyone has a chance to find their place in …show more content…

As mentioned in in the article Baca “could not keep up academically nor mesh with the ‘normal’ kids who had families”. Without a family or friends to console him through his life he had to do what would keep him alive, sadly drugs and violence mixed into Baca’s life line to survive. He became a “successful” drug dealer, which is humorous because something that could have the chance to put you in jail or worse be killed should certainly be labeled as successful. At age 21 that’s exactly what happened, Baca was sentenced to 5-10 years in prison. Although his life seemed to be an endless layers of violence and crime, a new coating of his skin would began to emerge, ripping off his old hazardous …show more content…

When confronted and asked to leave the kids said the had no other place to go. How could Baca simply turn away from these kids, when in fact he was one of these kids, homeless and without a purpose. To help the young kids he sets up a make shift home in a local church and for the time being allows the kids a few nights off the streets. Baca since then has set up many work shops with troubled youth in order to try and help them change their lives. It helps that Baca was a troubled adolescent because he can relate to the kids more, because he understands their problems and what they struggle with in day to day life. His final layer of skin has allowed him to connect to the youth and use his gift of poetry to help those in

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