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Longtime SAPD PAAL member graduates from Harvard
0Harvard University graduate Alexis Rodriguez Mejia readily acknowledges that it took a lot of grit and hard work to successfully navigate the Ivy League as a first-generation college student. But he takes only partial credit for earning his recent undergraduate degree in government – he’s quick to credit his parents, Alejadrino and Maria, several high school teachers and other key mentors, especially members of Santa Ana Police Department’s PAAL, or Police Athletic & Activity League, program. “Looking back, my degree was a combination of efforts,” says Rodriguez Mejia, who joined PAAL in third grade and was an active member for…
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