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Portrait of Philanthropy

The Peña Brothers: A spirited journey from the fields of America to corporate America

Jose Gilberto Peña and Alfredo Peña
Gilberto Peña and his younger brother Alfredo Peña attribute their success to their father and grandmothers, who always supported their endeavors to “get ahead” in life. As a migrant family, they worked in the fields every summer. Whether picking cotton in South Texas, peaches in California, or pickles in West Texas, these boys never quite experienced the usual freedoms of summer; the boys and their five siblings always left home June 1 and returned August 25, their father always insisting that they finish the school year and be home to start the regular school year. When Gilberto’s father dropped him off at Texas A&I in Kingsville, he never expected the success that would follow.

 

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