Angelo Solera spent most of his child hood in an orphanage in Salamanca Spain. He immigrated to the United States when he was 17, and did whatever work he could find, just to survive... incliding selling drugs. Selling cocain turned into an addiction.
Having survived that and turned his life around, Angelo became an advocate for health-care for Latinos in Baltimore and a community activist. He served as the Hispanic Community Liaison for the Health Department and Vice-Chair of the Mayor's committee in Hispanic affairs. These posts lead to Angelos eventual bid as the first Latino political candidate to run for Baltimore City Council.
In 2004 after this political campaign failed, he decided to return to Spain where he walked the 400 mile pilgrimage to the City of Santiago of Compostela. This journey - and the nearly unbeleivable journey of his life - inspired him to write and publish the enchanting memoir, El Camino, The Journey.
Our book of the week is: To Love Mercy, by Frank S. Joseph.
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