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ALEX LEVESQUE | MENTOR TO TROUBLE YOUTHS

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ALEX LEVESQUE | MENTOR TO TROUBLE YOUTHS

Your Everyday Heroes highlights regular people who lead exceptional lives and
positively impact the communities they serve through their inspiring actions.

Alex LeVesque created the Automotive Mentoring Group (AMG) to counter
troublesome street activity that affects the lives of countless teenagers in
Chicago, Illinois. His non-profit assists former youth offenders from all over
the city, by teaching them the life and work skills required to stay off the
streets and become auto mechanics.

WHY DID ALEX LEVESQUE CREATE THE AUTOMOTIVE MENTORING GROUP?

Alex believes that giving back to the community was “sort of a God-given
instinct,” after decades spent witnessing the detrimental impact of organized
street life on Chicago’s youth.

“I’m very mad about everything I see,” he remarked. “I’m mad about these Black
and Brown boys [hurting] each other over shoelaces. I’m mad about these
drive-by[s]… I want to be that alternative.”

Alex doesn’t charge any fees for participation in his program, nor does he
operate the organization to make a living. He is not motivated by profit, but
instead attempting to right the wrongs that he sees afflicting local teenagers.
His program is a safe haven for those who wish to escape their brutal
circumstances.

WHAT MAKES ALEX LEVESQUE AN EVERYDAY HERO?

Beyond teaching his mentees to be mechanics, Alex addresses the root causes of
organized street activity, which often stems from inadequate access to
resources.

In addition to training participants how to fully restore classic cars, Alex
provides his students with mental health resources, life skills training, and
even free meals, so they can have their best chance at succeeding.

“Once I started trying to teach these guys, I realized that a lot of the reason
that their behavior was so erratic was that they were dealing with pent up
trauma that was never addressed in their earlier lives,” he remarked. “We’ve
made it possible for them to have some one-on-one time with a psychologist.”

Alex takes his students out of the classroom and into the field, so they can
experience what life is like in the workforce. AMG has an impressive coalition
of 82 hiring partners who are willing to hire anyone who successfully makes it
through the program, regardless of their past mistakes.

As a strong believer in the significance of education’s impact on personal
development and eventual hireability, Alex has partnered with several
alternative high schools to help his mentees earn their GEDs, as nearly 90% of
participants in his program do not have high school diplomas.

“The only way that you can truly be successful in changing what a person does is
changing the way they think,” Alex stated. “And the only way you can change what
a person thinks is through exposure, exposing them to many things so that they
can dream bigger.”

ALEX LEVESQUE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FATHERHOOD

Alex believes that many teenagers fall prey to the influence of organized street
crews because they lack a father figure in their lives and cites that 95% of his
students did not have a father present in the home during their formative years
as children.

He actively attempts to take on this role, so they have an example of how a
caring father figure acts, as many of them are already parents themselves at a
young age.

“Yes, I’m trying to make them into car builders,” Alex explained. “But there’s a
much bigger picture than that. I’m trying to create human beings that contribute
positively to society. I am trying to build better mothers and fathers… I have
17-year-old kids in the program who have two year-old sons and daughters.”

WHAT HAS ALEX LEVESQUE ACCOMPLISHED WITH HIS PROGRAM?

AMG has helped hundreds of young men and women find employment in the automotive
industry since it was first established in 2007. The program helps break the
cycle of organized street activity by not only teaching participants a viable
trade, but opening their eyes to world of opportunity that is within their
grasp.

One of AMG’s success stories is a former street crew member named Otis, who had
already served two years in prison prior to entering the automotive repair
program. After Alex’s mentoring, he went to college and is now a regional
manager for O’Reilly Auto Parts.

“It was one of those moments where I looked up at the heavens, and I said,
‘Lord, I know you don’t work on the point system, but I hope that’s good for
something,’” Alex recalled.

ALEX LEVESQUE ON HEROISM

Alex’s personal heroes are people like Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King.
“They changed the world,” he said. “They changed countries in terms of their
mindset and the kinds of ideals they had just for humans in terms of how we’re
supposed to get along and treat each other.”

He defines a hero as “someone who can give a hand to someone who has a lot less.
Not to say I have a lot, but the little I do have, I want to be able to share
it.”

“All of us are heroes in some way to someone,” he added. “In the world that we
live in… everybody is always telling us that we should be mad. But nothing ever
beats kindness. Whenever someone is unfair to me, my sarcastic way of dealing
with that is being as kind as possible.”

ALEX LEVESQUE IS A HERO

Alex sees the believes that people’s past mistakes do not define them and that
everyone has the opportunity to reform themselves when they’re given a helping
hand.

He pushes his students to aim high and achieve their goals, while helping those
who belonged to rivaling factions to coexist in peace.

“When you have these [rival crews] from across the city that are working
together in harmony, and they have no problems with each other … Over time they
begin to understand that there’s no difference between them,” he concluded.

“So, if we can be friends here in this environment, why can’t we be friends
outside of this environment?”

Watch Alex’s story to learn more.

LEARN MORE ABOUT EVERYDAY HEROES SEASON ONE CAST

Edgar Mora founded Ecuaplastic, an Ecuadorian plastic recycling plant, in 2009.
His company goes leagues beyond standard recycling. Ecuaplastic specializes in
the fabrication of upcycled construction materials, and has a mission of giving
a second life to plastic, which it transforms into high quality items.

Ecuaplastic doesn’t actually recycle plastic in the traditional sense, they
upcycle the castoff material in a fashion that produces a higher-quality product
than the flimsy plastic garbage that it was created from.

Edgar and his staff have innovated astonishing original ways to turn plastic
trash into coveted treasure, by producing construction material like boards,
planks, beams, and columns from plastic bags and bottles.

They are able to utilize the upcycled materials to build sustainable homes that
are affordably priced at $300 to $350 a square meter. “We want to eventually
create buildings that have zero carbon footprint,” Mora said about the company’s
future goals.

He believes finding a new purpose for plastic is the only way that the planet
will survive the massive amounts of waste that humans produce annually.

“There is plastic floating in the five oceans. There are five immense plastic
islands… There is almost no turning back from that,” Mora warned. “But if we
continue to generate waste at the current speed, the sizes of waste islands will
be higher than those of inhabitable islands.”

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