From decorated Marine combat veteran, to actor, singer, philanthropist AND New York Police Officer, it can be said “being of service” es todo para J.W. Cortés, AKA “Detective Carlos Alvarez” on Fox’s hit prime-time series, “Gotham”. But his real-life stories are far better, more exciting and worthy of several Hollywood movies! From the streets of “Little Vietnam”, to Iraq and the rubble of 9/11, he never cowards from a challenge. And now he wants to share with Latino youth that “good” uniformed police officers do exist and they are part of the same streets and communities they serve. Through his work as the President of the Detective Rafael Ramos Foundation, he’s proving to be one of the good ones, ensuring that the first interaction children in troubled, underserved communities have with the police is a positive one. (Que te parace eso, Batman?)

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