Ervin Lopez

There are many heroes in our community.  Ervin Lopez is one of the many heroes in our community.  I had a chance to interview him, and I really got to know him.  He’s from Guatemala. He has black curly hair,  and he has dark eyes. 

Ervin is very dedicated to the work he does.  He’s a job recruiter.  He interviews people to give them jobs.  He’s also known for being part of the Chicago Free-Trade.  His goal is to allow workers in foreign countries to get paid at least a minimum wage compared to the U.S.  To accomplish that, he goes from school to school to encourage students to talk to their principal about free-trade.   That way student can practice with free-trade sports balls and at the same time support the free-trade organization.

Beyond his work in the community, Ervin Lopez is very strict when buying products from a marketplace. “ I would not buy from Wal-Mart,” is exactly what Ervin said.  According to him, Wal-Mart is one of those companies that do not pay landowners enough, so they can pay their workers.  This creates a chain of events, if the landowner doesn’t get paid enough, then the workers should not expect a decent amount.   So those are the reasons that he won’t buy at Wal-Mart.

I think that expanding free-trade is what makes him a hero in my eyes.   The fact that he travels to so many places in the world studying the needs of the habitants makes him more than a super hero it makes him superhuman. He goes anywhere, no matter what ethnic background or race.  Actually he concluded himself that he will go to Africa, when he’s done with school.   This demonstrates that his goal is clearly to expand free-trade to other countries, and make people be aware of free-trade. “There are many people who don’t know about free-trade,” said Ervin. He’s totally aware that many people don’t know about free-trade. That is why he’s trying to let Every one know.

Written by: Leonardy Gil