by Juan Carlos and Oscar
as told to Waves Magazine
Two young men… two stories of difficult pasts, a stable present, and a promising future.
Twenty year old Juan Carlos Mejia Valle and Oscar Arnulfo Lopez, age 17, never knew each other during their young lives on the streets, drug addicted and allied with gangs. But each found his separate way to a small project called Café Chavalos where they now experience a new “high”…the joy of cooking and the pride of serving the public.
CafeChavalos is more than a restaurant. As one student says, “It’s a family of brothers.”
