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Gerardo Chavez: Painting the Town

By Matt Solis, Editor

Like many teenagers, Gerardo Chavez spent his last years of high school wondering what he should do with his life, but after making a spontaneous move, his professional pathway became clear. “I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do after high school, so I joined a union and went through a painting apprenticeship program,” he remembers. “After I graduated, I became a journeyman painter and started working for different contractors.”

Gerardo...