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John D. Velez, Currently running for Oregon State Senate 13. John was born in Utuado, PR on Oct 24, 1968. John is one of 11 siblings and the son of Juan David Velez Rodriguez and Carmen Rosario Torrado Collazo. He was raised in a very poor neighborhood called El Ensanche, Utuado. At age 12, his mother sent him to live with his older Sister in Lafayette, NC. John started learning English there and after a few years in 1982, his sister and her family move to the Bronx NY, including John D Velez. He was enrolled at the Theodore Roosevelt HS where he earned his High School diploma. After he graduated from high school he started to work for AMR, a division for American Airlines, and also with The Helmsley Hotel in downtown NY. In 1991 He met his spouse John H Bacon Jr in San Juan, during their vacation in Puerto Rico.