Quintin Vargas, age 19

Lost to gun violence on August 3, 2017 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Nickname:
    2 Lucky, Q, Oni
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    5 He was one of the brightest students I've ever had.
    2 Quintin (Oni to family, Q or Lucky to his friends)
    2 I love you Oni, miss you so much.
    2 Quintin was so funny, so imaginative and very sweet.
  • Occupation:
    2 Burger King Cook, student - pre-apprentice electrical
  • Workplace:
    2 Burger King
  • Schools attended:
    2 McNeil High School - Quintin was MOST DEFINITELY a victim of the school to prison pipeline.
  • Comments:
    2 R.I.P 🕯
    2 Miss you every day, Q.
    2 They wore him down until he didn't think he could succeed.
    2 Instead, they seemed to work tirelessly to get him pulled out from under their care...
    2 ...and send him instead to correctional facilities...
    2 ...(Round Rock Detention Center and other ill-equipped campuses),...
    2 ...he was only 14 when McNeil got their hands on his future and...
    2 ..."passed the buck" on his future to a carnivorous system.
    2 The correctional facilitates he was sent to didn't care about him or the...
    2 ...the community he would need to integrate into.
    2 This system is broken and failing our youth.
    2 We believe that this is when Quintin became involved in gang activities.
    2 We truly believe that the McNeil High School staff are more than...
    2 ...partly responsible for what happened to him.
    2 They fed him to the DISGUSTING, RACIST AND ABUSIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
    2 ...to provide a REAL opportunity for success, failed because...
    2 ..they didn't want to be bothered.
    2 SCHOOLS LIKE MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUE TO FAIL OUR CHILDREN.
    2 It took the love and patience of the campus staff at Goodwill for Quintin...
    2 ...to find the motivation to pull himself up believe in himself again.
    2 I will never know if the McNeil High staff that quit on my son...
    2 ...but I sometimes wonder WHEN those people will realize the karmic debt they have..,
    2 ...because THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER.
    2 Thank you Goodwill. I saw my son walk with cap and gown...
    2 ...on 8/1/17. Just a couple of days before he was shot in the chest.
    2 http://gunmemorial.org/2017/08/03/quintin-vargas
    2 Quintin was shot through the chest on the 3rd, passed away on the 4th.

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