Of Overcoming Serious Obstacles In Yvonne Chavez's Everyday Heroes

In Everyday Heroes, three people overcome serious obstacles to reach their goals. One person who overcomes serious obstacles is Yvonne Chavez. Yvonne Chavez became a mother as a teenager. She was stuck in an abusive marriage and around gang violence for some period of time. A teenaged mother involved in gangs and drug violence is something no one wants to hear of. People in the world think the bad things in your life can hold you down for life which is possible in some aspects but not in her case. Chavez took all of the negativity around her, and turned it into ambition. She didn't want to be abused anymore, She didn't want anything to do with gang violence anymore just wanted a better life for herself and her children. With that being said …show more content…
In my own opinion a student who assaults a teacher needs some type of help.Who could ever began to think a person of such a inferior background grow into what Rod has today. He’s graduated from a High-Class Pennsylvania college. Rod as of now is running a all boys program keeping the kids that use to be like him in line. Rod is also married now with no kids, His wife and him are currently saving up so that they can start and build there house for there family they are planning to have later on down the line. A final person who overcomes serious obstacles to achieve something in life is Joe Davis. For some reason Joe’s story really stands out to me more than any of the other people I wrote about. He was a highschool dropout, and addicted to drugs, and known for mugging people. With all that being said you’d think Joe still be up to no good or most likely not living. Well in his case he's alive and a college graduate with a strong passion to help kids that are leading into the same darkness in life as he did. In regards to the three brave souls I have wrote about no one would should be able to say it’s hard for them to do anything in life based off there