David Perez

Angelo Natividad
Aug 22, 2017 · 1 min read

David Perez

17 Years old

Des Plaines, IL to Mount Prospect, IL

Lincoln Middle School

“When I came out to my mom, she was like ‘NO NO NO! Not my son!… I came out to my dad last because I knew he would take it the hardest, coming from such a different time. He like didn’t even talk to me for a while. Like I would come out to eat and he’d be there but that’s it.”

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