{"id":554,"date":"2007-06-20T19:23:09","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T19:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2007\/06\/20\/latinos-in-the-quad-cities-20-questions-88336181\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T14:29:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:29:34","slug":"latinos-in-the-quad-cities-20-questions-88336181","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/latinos-in-the-quad-cities-20-questions-88336181\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos In The Quad Cities: 20 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-3188964127\" class=\"holaa-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=466&amp;Itemid=2&amp;mosmsg=Art%EDculo+guardado.&amp;lang=en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-553\" title=\"robert_cervantes\" src=\"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/robert_cervantes.jpg\" alt=\"robert_cervantes\" width=\"250\" height=\"209\" align=\"left\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>1.Name: Robert T. Cervantes<\/p>\n<p>2.Birth date: March 27 1958<\/p><div id=\"holaa-2459496006\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/learn\/drugs\/prescription-drugs-are-still-drugs?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs&#038;utm_content=Solo_Debe&#038;utm_medium=display&#038;utm_source=INA%20Spanish\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v2_Solo Debe_300x250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v2_Solo-Debe_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p>3.Occupation: Heavy equipment operator (upper rock island county landfill)<\/p>\n<p>4.Hometown:\u00a0 Silvis, IL<\/p>\n<p>5.Favorite Food: Anything from tacos to pizza<\/p>\n<p>6.Family: My wife Alesia &#8211; daughters- Amanda &#8211; Angela , Granddaughter Liliana<\/p><div id=\"holaa-3428584581\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/hhs.iowa.gov\/health-prevention\/diabetes-prevention-management\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Diabetes Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diabetes-Spanish-300x250-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p>7. Favorite Music: Just about everything<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> 8.Favorite Book: None, mostly the newspaper\u2019s<\/p><div id=\"holaa-2253985061\" class=\"holaa-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/progressiowa.org\/2023\/08\/take-action-with-progress-iowa\/?utm_source=news&#038;utm_medium=site&#038;utm_campaign=2026&#038;utm_id=News\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Progress Iowa Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Progress-Iowa-Spanish-300x250-1.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>9.Favorite Movie: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Steve Martin &#8211; John Candy)<\/p>\n<p>10.Famous Person Living or Dead, I\u2019d Like to Meet: Pope John Paul II<\/p><div id=\"holaa-1466267088\" class=\"holaa-content_2\" style=\"margin-top: 1px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/locations?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_OD2A_MOUD&#038;utm_content=Recovery_is_Possible&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_source=iowa_newspaper_association\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10024_MOUD_300BannersF_es-US_LaRecuperacion_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>11.In My Spare Time, I like To: Just sit back and watch TV<\/p>\n<p>12.If I could change one thing, I\u2019d: like to lose a few pounds<\/p><div id=\"holaa-2039731487\" class=\"holaa-post-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/learn\/drugs\/prescription-drugs-are-still-drugs?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs&#038;utm_content=Los_Medicmentos&#038;utm_medium=display&#038;utm_source=INA%20Spanish\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v1_Los Medicmentos_300x250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v1_Los-Medicmentos_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>13.Peak experience: The birth of my two daughter\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>14. Pit experience: The death of my sister Patty from cancer<\/p>\n<p>15.Favorite vacation spot: San Antonio, Texas<\/p>\n<p>16.One thing I feel strongly about : Everyone has a right to there opinion<\/p>\n<p>17.Most people don\u2019t know: I can operate heavy equipment<\/p>\n<p>18.I can\u2019t stand: People who think they are always right<\/p>\n<p>19.I wish I knew how to: Swim<\/p>\n<p>20.Motto or favorite quote:\u201d Some people see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not?\u201d Senator Robert F\u00a0 Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>Robert Cervantes is the 9th child of 11 born to Tom and Helen Cervantes.\u00a0 He is married to the former Alesia Ayala for 27 years, and has two daughters and a granddaughter.\u00a0 His oldest daughter, Amanda, will graduate from Black Hawk College in December.\u00a0 Robert is currently serving his second term as alderman in the city of Silvis, IL and serves as a race director to the firecracker run in East Moline and as a volunteer for the VIVA Quad Cities and Quad Cities Cinco de Mayo Fiesta in East Moline.\u00a0 He was chairmen of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Fiesta for five years, Union Steward for Local 150 for the last 10 years , and very proud to be Mexican &#8211; American !<\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-323945889\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.Name: Robert T. 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