Today we’d like to introduce you to Art Gallegos Jr.
Hi Art, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I am 48 years old and I live in the city of Gainesville, Georgia. I am the youngest child of 12 siblings. My family is from Durango, Mexico. My gift to others is the power of serving our communities and our city county and state. I am originally from San Diego California and I have been in Georgia For the past 12 years. I enjoy working and helping our community to be empowered to do greater things and accomplish the American dream.
Art Gallegos Jr. is the President and Co-Founder of the Latinos Conservative Organization in Gainesville, Georgia. Art Gallegos Jr. is a Civic Organizer, Community leader, Local Activist, Public speaker, Minister/ Evangelist, Chaplin at Hall County GOP, Political leader, and most recently a cancer survivor. Awards: NGCF North Georgia Community Foundation Good Neighbor recipient Award. Proclamation from City of Gainesville, Georgia Recognition/proclamation from Hall County Commissioners. Proclamation by the Georgia State of Georgia and Governor Brian Kemp. LCO Elite Awards in Leadership
He has been featured in the Gainesville Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Faces of Hall County, WDUN News, Washington Post, Univision, Telemundo, PRI News, Radio Mas100.9FM, Three Dimensional Life, El Nuevo Georgia Newspaper, Fox News and Friends. Atlanta CBS46, CNN Espanol. Most recently Art Gallegos Jr. Latino community leader had honored to Be invited by congressman Doug Collins to Washington DC to be at the State of the Union. Invited to speak at Lanier Tech College. Recently awarded the Champion Award from the RNC.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I have to say that the obstacles and challenges that I have had to confront in the past have always given me the motivation to continue to do what I do in our community and with others. I see obstacles and challenges to achieve based on my will and passion to better myself better my family and better our community.
I have never seen obstacles or challenges for that matter to deter me from achieving the goals that I have accomplished in reality it motivates me to do it and to do it better.
Our Leadership, courage, determination, and our faith are tested every single day.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
Art Gallegos Jr. has been an active Latino Voice in Hall County. He has been named one of the most influential Latino / Hispanic voices in our great State of Georgia. He has partnered up with various local Non-profits and state organizations. His leadership around the city and county has been spotlighted by many media outlets. Art Gallegos Jr. co-founder of Latinos Conservative Organization Has been honored by the Hall County Board of Commissioners with a proclamation on his behalf. He has helped pack boxes of shoes donated to Bridge the City for delivery to homeless men at Set Free Ministries in Gainesville on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. He and his organization has coordinated forums in the city and city schools under the PAC program (Parent Advisory Council.) Art Gallegos has partnered up with the Gainesville Police Department and with the Hall County Sherriff Department to connect the community with the local law enforcement agencies. From standing shoulder to shoulder with the faithful at the recent National Day of Prayer event in downtown Gainesville, and offering a bilingual prayer this week at the start of a Gainesville City Council meeting, Art Gallegos Jr. is quickly making his name known. Gallegos’ unabashed pro-life convictions, strong family values, and firm stand for law and order.
“I love what I do, and I do what I love.” “I’ve been pretty active in serving, church, pastors, pastors kids and I’ve always been very involved in serving others and working with our community.”
We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
The role of luck.
I have to admit that many people believe in luck many believe in strength or other things for that matter. Some may say that it could be a talent that it could be charisma but I know that deep down my heart I know that there is no such thing as a roll of luck it’s rather what I consider grace. We achieve everything that we set our minds to do and we do it not with our own strength but rather with God’s strength in us and that’s how we move forward in life and achieve our goals and impact others that the end of the day we were able to change peoples lives and leave a mark for the next generation to come.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art_gallegos_jr/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1618652277
Image Credits:
Photo Credit: Misael Avila Photography
