Service matters on the clock and off the clock for Rafael Pizano.
ABC Action News reporter Jada Williams met up with Pizano at a place that’s special to him.
“This park right here, I used to come here with my family,” he said as we sat on a bench at Al Lopez Park.
Our particular seat: the most special part of the park.
“Her efforts and her dedication to others in the community, it made a mark, a very positive mark for others. And this bench is just an example that,” he said.
That bench is dedicated to his late sister, Dr. Anh-Kay Pizano.
WFTS “Part of the things that my sister and I inherited from my family was that service to others, the spirit to give back,” he said.
His father, Roberto Pizano, once a young political prisoner of Fidel Castro, continues to dedicate his life to helping others.
Service is equally as important to the youngest Pizano.
“This was my first car,” he joked, showing pictures of his youth.
At just 17 years old, he joined the military.