Early this month, Mr. Nava was getting ready for his job as a welder and heading to work around 5 AM.
He noticed a man in the parking lot of the nearby senior center going through the trunk of his car.
Mr. Nava said he thought it was strange and he kept glancing at the man, thinking he looked familiar.
"Throughout the day, I was just thinking, Wait, wait, wait, I think that's my substitute teacher'" he said, eventually realizing it was Mr. V, who taught him at Fontana High School.
Mr. Nava said he had always remembered Mr. Villarruel. "He really stuck to me just because of the way he was so nice around his students.
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He'd ask how your day would go, did you eat, just small little details like that."
"He'd be really, really funny when he took attendance.” took him a few days to work up the courage, but Mr. Nava returned to the parking lot and found Mr. Villarruel again.
He asked him about his day and what his situation was, he said. When Mr. Nava learned how Mr. Villarruel had been living, he insisted on giving his former teacher the money he had on him, which happened to be SUS300 ($380).
"He gave me this big old smile and said, "Thank you so much, " Mr. Nava said.
"He came over to give me a hug and as he was hugging me, I saw a little tear run down his face."