My name is Samuel Mateo, Jr. son of Samuel & Maria Mateo. I was born on November 25th 1977 in the town of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, but lived in a Canovanas, PR in a small barrio called San Isidro. Years later I find out that at the time there were only two hospitals in the area so you were either born in Rio Grande or Fajardo, Rio Grande was just closer.

I moved to Worcester, MA when I was 6 years old and lived there till my Junior year in High School; in 1994 we moved toHolyoke, MA. During my time in Worcester I had some great experiences in life. I loved my time in school especially my teachers, I had some wonderfull teachers. Mrs. Garcia at Belmont Community School was my teacher in 5th and 6th grade, those were some great times. I remember putting on a play about the La Bamba movie and I was playing the role of Richie Valens, wow awesome childhood memories. Thank You Mrs. Garcia where ever you are. I spent my middle school years at Worcester East Middle School and then continued my education at North High School until we moved to Holyoke where I graduated in 1995 from Holyoke High School. Go Purple Knights!!!

We lived in several places in Worcester including, Merrick St. (2 Years), Beacon St. (2 Years), Prospect St. at Plumley Village East (7 Years) and Country Club Blvd. in Lincoln Village (4 Years). I have many fond memories of all these places including roughing it up with my neighbor at Merrick St., it was my first true fight LOL. At Plumley where we lived the longest we had tons of fun including afterschool programs where I first started getting into drumming with Dick. I remember carrying my drumset, a 5 piece with cymbals and all, from one end of the projects to the other so we could play. Dick where ever you are thanks for the inspiration.

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