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Just after two weeks of winning 50/50 custody of his youngest son, Valenzuela celebrated with both of his sons at Disneyland. It was a special day for Valenzuela because it was his first weekend with his boys together and not needing to take his youngest back at a certain time. Photo courtesy of Alfred Valenzuela
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With his mother and brothers on top of him about the importance of school, and with his father always working hard to provide a roof over their heads, the values of hard work were instilled into him early on in life. “The one thing I always take notice of is that you’ll never see a Mexican out on the street because we go out there and we work, we make it happen,” Alfred Valenzuela said.
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