Mr. Alcozar and Luis share a smile and a handshake.

Last month when Migrant Homework Center Teacher Danny Alcozar showed up to work at the Rancho Sespe Homework Center, he did not imagine that he would be called to perform above and beyond the call of duty. One of his homework center students who regularly attends the homework center for tutoring and help with his homework started choking on large piece of hard candy. Mr. A as his students affectionately call him, noticed that Luis Piceno was panicking and struggling to breath. Mr. A quickly jumped from his seat and performed the Heimlich maneuver on Luis and out flew the hard object. Luis is very thankful that his teacher and pal Mr. A was quick on his feet and able to come to his rescue. Danny Alcozar is a life-long resident of Fillmore and has been a hard working dedicated teacher for Fillmore Unified School District for many years. He has served the Migrant Program’s after school Homework Center for over 12 years and has created a wonderful learning environment for the students of Rancho Sespe who attend the Migrant Homework Center. BRAVO to one of our outstanding teachers…Mr. Danny Alcozar.

Tricia Gradias is FUSD's Migrant Education Coordinator.