Name: Ed Rodriguez
Building Maintenance Specialist
Head Start

First Job: “I was a groundskeeper at John Youlis.”

Birthplace: Merced, CA

Years at FCEOC: 11 years and 6 months.

Best advice ever received: “Treat people how you want to be treated.”

Favorite advice I give: “Just be yourself.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: “Italian food. Olive Garden.”

Proudest moment: “When my son was born.”

Greatest personal accomplishment: “I haven’t reached it yet and I continue to reach my potential goal.”

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: “Dream vacation is to go to Australia. My best vacation is when I went to Vegas with my wife.”

Favorite weekend activity: “Golf, what else.”

Last good movie I saw: “Man on Fire.”

Scariest experience: “When I joined the service.”

If I had a million dollars I would… “Take care of my family.”

Favorite place to shop: “Golf shops.”

Favorite childhood memory: “Baseball with my brothers.”

I admire… “My dad.”

Words that describe me best: “Good sense of humor and motivated.”

I like to watch: “Baseball.”

Favorite music or artist: “I like to listen to a little bit of everything. I listen to all kinds of music.”

In my spare time… “I Golf! –Any chance that I get.”

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… “To survive.”