Edgar J. Zavala Background

Edgar Zavala was born in Moroleon, GTO, Mexico on October 9. He immigrated to the United States at the age of 3. When Edgar came to the United States he moved to Chicago. In Chicago he has been a resident of La Villita all of his life. La Villita is a rapid growing, all latino community on the lower west side of Chicago. Growing up he has been around an all latino neighborhood. Edgar was exposed to crime, violence, and gang activity and was set to make a change for his community.

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Edgar is a graduate of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, and there I was exposed to a professional business environment at an early age. He interned at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP through Cristo Rey’s Corporate Work Study Program.

At KMR Edgar learned to balance both school and work to learn responsibilities and great work ethic. After high school, Edgar studied at Concordia University Chicago.

He then realized I wanted to go into the IT field, and became a student at Year Up Chicago, and continues to work part-time at KMR in the Office Services department. At Year Up Edgar is looking to enrich his learning with Software, Hardware and Web Development.

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Mr. Zavala loves to spend time watching soccer, and wrestling outside Year Up. He also enjoys spending time with his pet cat and his sisters.

Edgar is the proud owner of a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. He fell in live with software and programming, that now he wants to build so many things in his down time.

Edgar has always loved computers. He has played and worked on computers since he was ten. He specializes in hardware, software, and operating systems.

Edgar loves watching wrestling and going to wrestling events. He has met some of the world's greatest fighters. He has met Pentagon Jr, Brie Bella, and Drew Gulak.