Louie Castellanos:  

Franklin Elementary 65-70 Adams Jr. High 71-72 R.U.H.S 73-74 Artesia High School 75 I was born Jose Luis Castellanos Jr. March 28, 1958 at Torrance Memorial Hospital in Torrance, CA. I have five brothers; Ruben, Mario, Michael, Anthony and Arthur. I have one sister Teresa. I resided at 2505 Alvord Lane in Redondo Beach, CA when I attended Franklin Elementary, Adams Junior High, and Redondo Union High School. Our family grew in size(a small three bedroom house could no longer accommodate 5 kids), so our family moved to 19900 Ray Circle in Cerritos, CA in 1974 where I attended Artesia High School in Lakewood. I decided to donate my bedroom to my younger brothers and joined the military after my junior year. After spending 4 years in the Marine Corps, I joined my family who had moved to Santa Maria, CA in 1979. I spent 4 years working as a correctional officer at the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, CA. During that time, I returned to military service, part-time, enlisting into the Army National Guard in Santa Maria in 1982. I grew tired of corrections so I went to work for the General Services Administration's Fleet Division as an automotive mechanic at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA in 1984(As fate would have it, I would later return to work for the same company 23 years later). I missed the camaraderie ...Expand for more