article_snippet.sent: Raul Hector Castro was a self-made man, the embodiment of the American dream overcoming poverty and discrimination to graduate from college, and launch a successful career in politics and diplomacy.
article_snippet.sent: Growing up on the US-Mexico border near Douglas, Arizona, Raul Hector Castro saw discrimination around Raul Hector Castro.
article_snippet.sent: America is the land of opportunity,' Former Arizona Governor and U.S. Ambassador Raul Hector Castro and his wife Pat told The Associated Press in 2010. '
article_snippet.sent: Raul Hector Castro set out to beat the odds.
article_snippet.sent: Undeterred, Raul Hector Castro went to the university president, who convinced A law school dean at the University of Arizona to give Raul Hector Castro an opportunity to prove Raul Hector Castro.
article_snippet.sent: Raul Hector Castro excelled and went on to be elected the first Hispanic county attorney and later the first Hispanic judge in Pima County Superior Court. '
article_snippet.sent: One of the finest men I ever knew,' former Gov. Rose Mofford, a fellow Democrat, said of Raul Hector Castro during a 2010 interview with the AP.
article_snippet.sent: Born in Cananea, New Mexico, in 1916, some 50 miles south of Arizona, Raul Hector Castro grew up in Arizona and graduated from Douglas High School.
article_snippet.sent: Raul Hector Castro father was a union leader forced out of New Mexico for organizing a strike at the mine in Cananea.
article_snippet.sent: his mother delivered babies for the Mexican families around Douglas in exchange for flower, corn, beans and other staples.
article_snippet.sent: Education was the best way out, Raul Hector Castro was determined.
article_snippet.sent: As an ambassador and judge, Raul Hector Castro was used to having unquestioned authority.
article_snippet.sent: However, Raul Hector Castro struggled to adjust to the checks and balances imposed on a governor, said Alfredo Gutierrez, a Democrat and legislative leader while Raul Hector Castro was governor. '
article_snippet.sent: It was a very difficult beginning for Raul Hector Castro,' Raul Hector Castro said. '
article_snippet.sent: Raul Hector Castro spent Raul Hector Castro waning years living in Nogales and talking to students around the state, motivating students around the state to work hard and chase lofty dreams.