St. Josephs Preparatory School is a philadelphia institution. Mayor Michael Nutter and democratic candidate for mayor jim kenney all graduated from the prep. Not to mention past and present city council members, judges, and sports icons like phil martelly. Joining me is father john swop. He was recently named the new president at the prep. Thank you for being here. Pleasure to be here. You grew up in drexel hill. Im a drexel hill guy. How does it feel to be back . Its been a long journey. Its been many, many years, vai, traveling as a jesuit, working on different missions, even internationally, studies all over the country, but ive had some time now in the last important month or so that look back on my years as a jesuit and i think its all coming together and its all for a purpose and im going to bring it all to bear at st. Joes prep. Well talk about some of your International Travel and some of the many connections you have created over the years, but just getting back to st. Joes pr
Cristina martinez grew up in the small central mexican town of capulhuac, where barbacoa is not just a meal, its a way of life. Her mother and father cooked barbacoa for a living. cristina chopping meat and in her town, 99 of the people there cook barbacoa. While cristina carries on the family tradition, she wants a better life for her 3 children in mexico. Cristina, voice cracking w emotion, explaining in spanish how difficult it is shes saying its very difficult. Shes here for the economic stability of the family, and to provide for them. She came to the United States illegally, crossing the border first in 2006 and then again in 2009. The reason she came here was so her daughter would have access to nursing school. And even though were married she has no access to a green card or a visa. Thats because of a Us Immigration law known as the 10 year hard bar. If she wants to get legal not only would she have to go to mexico, shed have to wait a full 10 years outside before she could eve
Cristina martinez grew up in the small central mexican town of capulhuac, where barbacoa is not just a meal, its a way of life. Her mother and father cooked barbacoa for a living. cristina chopping meat and in her town, 99 of the people there cook barbacoa. While cristina carries on the family tradition, she wants a better life for her 3 children in mexico. Cristina, voice cracking w emotion, explaining in spanish how difficult it is shes saying its very difficult. Shes here for the economic stability of the family, and to provide for them. She came to the United States illegally, crossing the border first in 2006 and then again in 2009. The reason she came here was so her daughter would have access to nursing school. And even though were married she has no access to a green card or a visa. Thats because of a Us Immigration law known as the 10 year hard bar. If she wants to get legal not only would she have to go to mexico, shed have to wait a full 10 years outside before she could eve
cristina chopping meat Cristina Martinez grew up in the small central mexican town of capulhuac, where barbacoa is not just a meal, its a way of life. Her mother and father cooked barbacoa for a living. cristina chopping meat and in her town, 99 of the people there cook barbacoa. While cristina carries on the family tradition, she wants a better life for her 3 children in mexico. Cristina, voice cracking w emotion, explaining in spanish how difficult it is shes saying its very difficult. Shes here for the economic stability of the family, and to provide for them. She came to the United States illegally, crossing the border first in 2006 and then again in 2009. The reason she came here was so her daughter would have access to nursing school. And even though were married she has no access to a green card or a visa. Thats because of a Us Immigration law known as the 10 year hard bar. If she wants to get legal not only would she have to go to mexico, shed have to wait a full 10 years outsi
Cristina martinez grew up in the small central mexican town of capulhuac, where barbacoa is not just a meal, its a way of life. Her mother and father cooked barbacoa for a living. cristina chopping meat and in her town, 99 of the people there cook barbacoa. While cristina carries on the family tradition, she wants a better life for her 3 children in mexico. Cristina, voice cracking w emotion, explaining in spanish how difficult it is shes saying its very difficult. Shes here for the economic stability of the family, and to provide for them. She came to the United States illegally, crossing the border first in 2006 and then again in 2009. The reason she came here was so her daughter would have access to nursing school. And even though were married she has no access to a green card or a visa. Thats because of a Us Immigration law known as the 10 year hard bar. If she wants to get legal not only would she have to go to mexico, shed have to wait a full 10 years outside before she could eve