Actually, he was an amazing person and I think he even won a Facebook Grant or Something like that as part of a team while he was in phx for the development of an “ICE RAID early warning” app, or maybe it was a “get Immigration legal or rescue help” one, not sure.. he moved to Houston and then he died 🙁 qepd
Regards / Saludos / Grato Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes > On Apr 17, 2020, at 12:19 PM, Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Maybe you knew already, but I just heard from the widow of our long-time > subscriber and "dreamer" Celso Mireles. It was the 1st time I had heard that > Celso had passed away... in 2017. May Celso rest in peace. We will remember > him. -- YC > > ***** > > Celso Mireles, co-founder of Arizona Dream Act Coalition, dies at 30 > > by Laura Gómez, The Republic | azcentral.com > > Published 8:28 p.m. MT Aug. 2, 2017 | Updated 12:12 p.m. MT Aug. 4, 2017 > > The death of Celso Mireles, a "dreamer" known as an innovator and artist, > shook many in the Phoenix Latino community and those impressed by his > kindness, insight and passion. > > Mireles, 30, died on his way to work Tuesday morning after a pickup hit his > motorcycle near 12th Street and Missouri Avenue in Phoenix, police said. > > The truck driver was cited with running a red light and driving without a > license, police said. > > Mireles was born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and grew up in Phoenix. He had a > work permit and deferred deportation through the Deferred Action for > Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. > > He was a self-taught Web developer and was the "guy behind the scenes" of > local and national online campaigns to stop deportations, said his wife, > Ileana Salinas. > > "He believed in justice," Salinas said. "He always greeted me with a smile. > We fell in love through music." > > Innovating to stop deportations > > Mireles co-founded the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, which advocates for > immigration reform and for access to higher education for immigrant youths. > He played the guitar, wrote songs and poems, and loved riding his motorcycle, > Salinas said. > > In 2011, Mireles started a tech-support company, Dude Services LLC. On his > website, he described himself as a lifelong learner and said he was "Ni de > aquí, Ni de allá" ― in Spanish, "Neither from here, nor from there." > > His latest project involved developing a Web application to alert migrants > nationwide of confirmed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. > > Developing a tool to prevent deportations was his dream, Salinas said. > > "He knew that through his work he would only plant a seed, ... but we would > need to keep on fighting," Salinas said. > > > Celso Mireles, co-founder of Arizona Dream Act Coalition, dies at 30 > Phoenix community mourned the death of Celso Mireles, a Web developer who was > working on an app to alert the public of ICE raids. > AZCENTRAL.COM > > > > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial > search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest > mode, or change password by emailing [email protected].
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