Trending News:Gilbert Raymond HughesRemember This?Cyclones Hit Macon County, Excess Property Damage ReportedIntroducing Affordable Housing Latinx Education Collaborative’s Weekly Pulga Draws Local Entrepreneurs, Community InterestRevEd Brings Entrepreneurship Classes to Spanish-Speaking AdultsNortheast Arts KC President Shares Theatre ExperienceCat Scratch Fever — Inky Guides Community Through Kitten SeasonIndependence Avenue CID ZONE 2: Retail & ShoppingCommunity CalendarClassifieds346: Art as Mentorship Prepares for Celebrate AMERIK’ANA Music and Arts FestivalMARC Hosts Age of Celebration Block Party, Addresses Challenges for Older Adults Garrison Community Center Welcomes Northeast Refugees Letter to the Editor: and So it Goes …Billy Wayne BrassfieldHow you can support local journalismUNESCO Creative City KC Jerusalem Farm: Historic Northeast resident FeedbackKansas City Museum honors Los Vaqueros LegacyIt’s a Grand Old FlagRemember This?Community CalendarClassified & Service Directory345: Between the Avenue — Illegal DumpingSurvey Offers Input for Lake ImprovementsTruck Trap Makeover: Muralists to Transform 12- Foot ‘Truck Eating Bridge’As The Doobie Brothers said, ‘Listen to the Music’International Melodies: Beau Bledsoe Trio Opens Summer Dusk Concert Series at ColonnadeOp-Ed: Surprise On-Ramp Closure Has Northeast Residents Seeing RedRevEd brings Youth Entrepreneur Workshops to NortheastAnita B. Gorman Discovery Center Offers Community Free EntertainmentArt Installation Concludes Paseo Gateway… With Big Pointy TeethKCPD Debuts Safe Space to Community, Soft Investigation RoomIndependence Avenue CID Street Ambassador Spotlight : Jackson DavidMuseum’s Elixir Soda Fountain Creates New MenuMemorial Honors First Parks Board PresidentRemember This?Community CalendarClassifieds344: Essig Family Mcdonalds Shares Resources, Outreach OpportunitiesBeau Bledsoe Trio to Open Summer Dusk Concert Series at Colonnade BuildingKansas City Public Library’s Kids Cafe Resumes — addressing Summer Food Insecurity343: Welcome UNESCO Creative Cities Kansas CityFormer MU Football Player Hosts Youth Camp at Kansas City Public LibraryArt as Mentorship’s Summer Ignition Camp Ends on High NoteKansas City PIAC Encourages Public Input for Neighborhood Improvement ProjectsPedro Trueba Showcases Latin Art and Culture in “Energía y Transformación 2024” ExhibitMuch Delayed Intersection Project Nears CompletionCommunity Neighbors Solicit Feedback on former Pearl’s Beauty Salon SpaceRemember This?Manual Training High SchoolIndependence Avenue CID ZONE 1: Educational InstitutionsCommunity CalendarClassifiedsRobbers Target Credit Union a Second TimeUNESCO Creative City KC Inc.342: Kansas City Museum Prepares Juneteenth CelebrationsCelebrating Sugar Creek’s Slavic Festival 38th year!Community CalendarClassifiedsRecognizing a Lifetime of Community ServiceKansas City Museum’s Lawn Concert Series Kicks Off with Brass Rewind June 14Wellness Event Provides Services, Family Fun!Samuel U Rodgers Health Center vision comes to fruition with new facilitiesOn Your marks, Get Set, River Boat — Kawsmouth River Carnival Paddles to Finish LineEx Campeona de boxeo con PAL se convierte en entrenadora e inspira a los jóvenes Independence Avenue CID Street Ambassador SpotlightNeighborhoods in Northeast: Paseo WestRivers key to Kansas historyRemember this?KCPL kicks off Lykins Square Pop-in at the ParkDisc Golf Association donations top $150,000 to Bishop Sullivan Food PantryJerusalem Farm to Create Energy Solutions for Northeast ResidentsFormer PAL Boxing Champ turns coach, inspires youth Introducing UNESCO Kansas City — Creative City of MusicBULLETIN BULLETIN! Indep /Paseo Intersection Work Almost Ready for Traffic341: Paseo West Neighborhood AssociationKawsmouth River Carnival to Set SailMissouri governor sets vote on tax exemption for child care centers, Kansas City police fundingHealing House Hosts Ceremony for May GraduatesSugar Creek Slavic Festival kicks off 38th yearRemember this?Cleansing Crime from a Waldo residenceThe NEKC Chamber invites you to its bi-annual International Taste and Tour June 7ClassifiedsCommunity CalendarKCPL hosts Summer Reading Kick-Off FiestaLocal Credit Union RobbedKansas City Honors Negro League Baseball Update: One dead in Sunday afternoon shooting340: Lykins Neighborhood AssociationClassifiedsCommunity CalendarKansas City Museum this Summer!Neighborhoods in Northeast: LykinsCity announces harsher penalties, more enforcement against illegal dumpingMuseum displays latest art commission destined for carriage house roofDisney exhibit a tribute to local cartoonist
Trending News:Gilbert Raymond HughesRemember This?Cyclones Hit Macon County, Excess Property Damage ReportedIntroducing Affordable Housing Latinx Education Collaborative’s Weekly Pulga Draws Local Entrepreneurs, Community InterestRevEd Brings Entrepreneurship Classes to Spanish-Speaking AdultsNortheast Arts KC President Shares Theatre ExperienceCat Scratch Fever — Inky Guides Community Through Kitten SeasonIndependence Avenue CID ZONE 2: Retail & ShoppingCommunity CalendarClassifieds346: Art as Mentorship Prepares for Celebrate AMERIK’ANA Music and Arts FestivalMARC Hosts Age of Celebration Block Party, Addresses Challenges for Older Adults Garrison Community Center Welcomes Northeast Refugees Letter to the Editor: and So it Goes …Billy Wayne BrassfieldHow you can support local journalismUNESCO Creative City KC Jerusalem Farm: Historic Northeast resident FeedbackKansas City Museum honors Los Vaqueros LegacyIt’s a Grand Old FlagRemember This?Community CalendarClassified & Service Directory345: Between the Avenue — Illegal DumpingSurvey Offers Input for Lake ImprovementsTruck Trap Makeover: Muralists to Transform 12- Foot ‘Truck Eating Bridge’As The Doobie Brothers said, ‘Listen to the Music’International Melodies: Beau Bledsoe Trio Opens Summer Dusk Concert Series at ColonnadeOp-Ed: Surprise On-Ramp Closure Has Northeast Residents Seeing RedRevEd brings Youth Entrepreneur Workshops to NortheastAnita B. Gorman Discovery Center Offers Community Free EntertainmentArt Installation Concludes Paseo Gateway… With Big Pointy TeethKCPD Debuts Safe Space to Community, Soft Investigation RoomIndependence Avenue CID Street Ambassador Spotlight : Jackson DavidMuseum’s Elixir Soda Fountain Creates New MenuMemorial Honors First Parks Board PresidentRemember This?Community CalendarClassifieds344: Essig Family Mcdonalds Shares Resources, Outreach OpportunitiesBeau Bledsoe Trio to Open Summer Dusk Concert Series at Colonnade BuildingKansas City Public Library’s Kids Cafe Resumes — addressing Summer Food Insecurity343: Welcome UNESCO Creative Cities Kansas CityFormer MU Football Player Hosts Youth Camp at Kansas City Public LibraryArt as Mentorship’s Summer Ignition Camp Ends on High NoteKansas City PIAC Encourages Public Input for Neighborhood Improvement ProjectsPedro Trueba Showcases Latin Art and Culture in “Energía y Transformación 2024” ExhibitMuch Delayed Intersection Project Nears CompletionCommunity Neighbors Solicit Feedback on former Pearl’s Beauty Salon SpaceRemember This?Manual Training High SchoolIndependence Avenue CID ZONE 1: Educational InstitutionsCommunity CalendarClassifiedsRobbers Target Credit Union a Second TimeUNESCO Creative City KC Inc.342: Kansas City Museum Prepares Juneteenth CelebrationsCelebrating Sugar Creek’s Slavic Festival 38th year!Community CalendarClassifiedsRecognizing a Lifetime of Community ServiceKansas City Museum’s Lawn Concert Series Kicks Off with Brass Rewind June 14Wellness Event Provides Services, Family Fun!Samuel U Rodgers Health Center vision comes to fruition with new facilitiesOn Your marks, Get Set, River Boat — Kawsmouth River Carnival Paddles to Finish LineEx Campeona de boxeo con PAL se convierte en entrenadora e inspira a los jóvenes Independence Avenue CID Street Ambassador SpotlightNeighborhoods in Northeast: Paseo WestRivers key to Kansas historyRemember this?KCPL kicks off Lykins Square Pop-in at the ParkDisc Golf Association donations top $150,000 to Bishop Sullivan Food PantryJerusalem Farm to Create Energy Solutions for Northeast ResidentsFormer PAL Boxing Champ turns coach, inspires youth Introducing UNESCO Kansas City — Creative City of MusicBULLETIN BULLETIN! Indep /Paseo Intersection Work Almost Ready for Traffic341: Paseo West Neighborhood AssociationKawsmouth River Carnival to Set SailMissouri governor sets vote on tax exemption for child care centers, Kansas City police fundingHealing House Hosts Ceremony for May GraduatesSugar Creek Slavic Festival kicks off 38th yearRemember this?Cleansing Crime from a Waldo residenceThe NEKC Chamber invites you to its bi-annual International Taste and Tour June 7ClassifiedsCommunity CalendarKCPL hosts Summer Reading Kick-Off FiestaLocal Credit Union RobbedKansas City Honors Negro League Baseball Update: One dead in Sunday afternoon shooting340: Lykins Neighborhood AssociationClassifiedsCommunity CalendarKansas City Museum this Summer!Neighborhoods in Northeast: LykinsCity announces harsher penalties, more enforcement against illegal dumpingMuseum displays latest art commission destined for carriage house roofDisney exhibit a tribute to local cartoonist
This week our Face of Northeast is Jerry Morales, a former boxing coach and referee.
Morales refereed boxing for 55 years and fought at the annual Golden Gloves Tournament. He fought in eight professional fights and won all eight.
Originally Morales lived in the Westside before moving to Northeast. Morales recalls asking his father for $500 in order to buy the house he currently lives in.
“He asked what I needed $500 for and I said for a home,” Morales said. “He gave me the $500 and it took me five years to pay him back.”
Morales has lived in that same house for the past 56 years.
When asked what his favorite part of Northeast is, Morales said everything.
“I just love the Northeast, there’s no place like it,” Morales said. “The people here, they’re friendly.”
Daisy Garcia Montoya
Joining in January 2023, Daisy has been at the forefront of covering education stories in Northeast Kansas City, with a focus ranging from Kansas City Public Schools, charter schools, and private schools to universities. Daisy ensures that attention is reported on the local dynamics of the Historic Northeast and the Latinx population of students, educators and families.
With a Master’s in Public Administration and an undergraduate degree from UMKC, her academic background enhances her ability to research, report and produce compelling content within the Northeast area. Daisy was our Editorial Intern in the summer of 2020, and produced that year’s Back To School special issue.
Daisy has a passion for her community that shines through in her ability to provide thoughtful stories on education in the Historic Northeast.
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