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Vince Romo: A Chicano Star
Credit to Mario A.Cortez
Born in Pico Rivera, California, Vince Romo grew up in a loving home and had a typical upbringing. However, after his parents divorced, Vince’s life took a nasty turn, leading him down a life path full of danger and destructive choices.
One day, however, Vince had a revelation that turned his life around.
“I didn’t want to continue to live on a path that was going to either put me either in prison for the rest of my life or leave me dead,” Vince told La Prensa San Diego. “I got to a point in my life where I wanted to go home to a beautiful wife and a beautiful family. I wanted to have have my own car and my own home one day.”
“I wanted the good things in life,” Vince declared.
With faith in God and a new mentality, Vince decided to pursue his dreams and ambitions through music and acting.
“Music is my first love and I have had the opportunity to travel and improve my life thanks to music,” Romo shared.
Romo became an accomplished musician, having toured and performed throughout Chicano rap hubs in California, Arizona, and Texas under the stage name Assassin. Romo has had extensive tours and has performed alongside major acts such as DMX.
One day an opportunity to appear in a film came up for Romo, who had not been on screen at that point.
“I got my start in acting thanks to a gentleman by the name of Ken Diaz,” Romo said. “[Diaz] called me up one day and told me to be at a movie shoot at 4:30 a.m. and I almost didn’t go.”
Romo’s first experience on set was for “Training Day”, which starred Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. His five-day experience opened many doors for him years later despite taking a hiatus from acting to pursue his musical career.
Years later, Romo was contacted by Brian Eric Johnson, a movie producer who wanted to use one of his songs in a movie. Romo agreed on the condition that he be cast into the film. Johnson obliged and made Romo a cast member of the 2013 film “Mobster”.
Since then, Vince Romo has appeared and collaborated in over 40 feature films.
Romo’s hard work has paid off, as he was chosen to play the lead role in the upcoming crime drama film “Mundo”.
“‘Mundo’ is a true story about Ramon ‘Mundo’ Mendoza, who rose very high in the ranks of a prison gang,” Romo explained.
Despite becoming earning respect and recognition as a musician and an actor, Romo’s most important and personal work is currently being done with youth.
Through a program he has developed, Romo has taken up speaking to young people in troubled communities about the dangers of making destructive decisions in life.
“I have been at Santa Maria High School in Santa Maria, California and at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, California to show youngsters two paths in life. We all have a choice, we can choose to prosper or we can choose to fail,” Romo stated.
“Youngsters have come up to me in tears and said that I have changed their lives,” Romo said. “I just try to bring the reality of living a bad path of life to them.”
The future looks bright for Romo, as he lives his life by doing three things that are very important to him: Working hard, staying humble, and trusting God.
Cedar Films Presents “Mundo”, starring Vince Romo, premieres on July 22.
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
“It’s never too late for someone to turn their life around,”
A Miami street gang leader who found his way into MMA fighting – and God – instead
By Rodolfo Roman
Fox News Latino
“I used to sell drugs,” Miami-born mixed martial arts fighter Rene “Level” Martinez told Fox News Latino recently.
“I used to leave my house thinking I might not come back, but I never cared,” he admitted after a sparring session at MMA Masters, the Doral gym where he trains.
Back in the early 1990s, Martinez wreaked havoc on the streets of Miami, protecting his turf as the leader of the notorious street gang, Latin Syndicate – which he co-founded with seven friends.
Those days make up a big part of a documentary Martinez, now 42, has made titled, “The Warrior Level: The Rise of Street Legend Rene ‘Level’ Martinez.”
“We used to lay down the [other] drug dealers, but I never have targeted anyone innocent. We had morals – which was, not to hurt anyone innocent. If we were going to do something, it was to someone who was doing something bad.”
Martinez would film some of the violent activities the gang took part in.
“I got footage in [the documentary] from the ’90s,”. “I used to record with an old school VHS camera. I got a lot of people getting knocked out in gang fights. I have some real crazy stuff.”
He hopes the movie helps inspire those living in a dark period.
“It’s my story, from when I was born to today,” he said. “I take you to when I was growing up to my whole gang life. I talk about my boys who have died and [have gotten] locked up. It is real deep.”
Born in Miami, Martinez faced hardships when young. His mother wasn’t around much, and the grandmother who cared for him died when he was 13.
“The streets raised me,” “At 16, we were homeless living behind a video store. We had to steal for food. It was crazy.”
His mother later found God, and she tried to convince her son to come to church with her. But for Martinez, time ran out.
“When I was 18, my mom accepted Jesus Christ,” he said. “She became a teacher, but for me it was already too late. I was a straight gangster. I was breaking into homes, stealing guns, drive-bys, shoot-outs and getting into fights. She tried to get me to go to church and get people to pray for me. I would laugh at her. I was ruthless. I was stone cold, boy.”
Martinez escaped death several times in broad daylight shootouts. He was arrested more than 15 times and witnessed the deaths of both allies and rivals.
The 6’ 1” fighter recalled a time when he and his fellow gang members stole a car and wrecked it.
“We were in a high-speed chase going about 100 miles an hour,” he said. “I ended up being in a coma for three weeks. I escaped death. I was in the car. All of us lived [except for] the drunk driver.”
The way he wound up getting into MMA was rooted in his gang past. Being known around the city for brawling and worse, he was offered an opportunity to participate in backyard fights, which would pay.
“I’ve always been an athlete,” . “I had a militant mindset. In our gang, if you smoked cigarettes that was a violation. If [others in the Latin Syndicate] did drugs, we would beat their ass.”
His backyard fights started getting posted on YouTube, and some of them were viewed nearly a million times, which caught the eye of a local promoter.
He started training at MMA Masters, and in 2009, made his professional fight debut at an Action Fight League event in September of that year. Since then, Martinez, who is also a rapper, has gone 6-1-1 in the cage.
His last fight took place in Nicaragua in August 2014. He defeated Sergio Ortiz Rodriguez by unanimous decision.
His highest-profile fight was against the Nicaraguan welterweight boxing champion Ricardo Mayorga in Managua in July 2013 – which was the main event at World Series of Fighting: Central America. It took Martinez 1:39 to dispatch the former champion with a guillotine choke.
His only loss came at the hands of Alan Arzeno in Dec. 2013.
At the moment, though, Martinez, who also runs a gym, is focused on his documentary – although he says he still has a lot more fights left in him.
And his mother’s wish finally came true. Martinez was baptized about two years ago, and he says he now devotes his life to Jesus Christ.
“It’s never too late for someone to turn their life around,” “I am blessed to be here.”
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Mundo
The journey along the road to perdition. On this journey Mundo had an encounter with knowing Gods love and the holy spirit wanted to use me as a positive reinforcement.
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