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Victor Ochoa – Mural Maestro of Chicano Park- was born August 2, 1948, in East LA. Victor is an activist and Chicano muralist. Wikipedia, “Victor Ochoa. “He is considered one of the pioneers of San Diego’s Chicano art movement. Ochoa is also a teacher of art and Chicano heritage. His work has been shown nationally and internationally, including at the Venice Biennial, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.” In 1955, Victor’s parents were not U.S. citizens. Immigration officials visited his home and gave his family three days to leave the United States. His family rented a truck and he moved to Tijuana. In the 6th grade, after a few years, he returned to Los Angeles and moved in with his grandmother. He attended Montebello High School. Victor loved School and started drawing at the age of five. During Victor’s first year of high School, he was missing his parents, so he moved in with an Aunt in San Diego, California. During this time, he started to get involved in the civil rights movement. Chicano sauruz at the Border | Victor Ochoa | TEDxUCSD.” While he was working at a screen printing shop, he was asked to deliver hand-crafted posters for the movement. He met with Cesar Chavez to hand \over his hand-created posters at a grocery store parking lot; he looked up to Cesar Chavez.” Victor was also involved in arguing with the Mayor about the Chicano Park takeover. He felt fortunate to be involved in the movements.