SAPD Officer Art Dominguez

I was born and raised in El Paso. I grew up (for the most part) in a middle class neighborhood. I have a sister and half brother. (father) I played football from 8 years old and throughout high school. My parents were both very influential while they raised me. My mother was the oldest out of her siblings. She didn't graduate high school, instead she got her GED. My father was the first to graduate college from his siblings and enlist in the Army. My father grew up poor. My parents got married young and left to Germany for a hot second then ended up back in El Paso. When I was super young my father was working and going to college. Grinding. My father eventually graduated and became an electrical engineer at White Sands Missile Range. My mother (and father) started a business which would eventually be my first job. My mother purchased a "moon bounce", then 2 and 3. Eventually we had several and started manufacturing them. I was delivering those moon bounces as I attended high school. I was very impressed with my mothers determination/ambition and business mentality because I was aware she never graduated high school nor attended college. My mother also later sold the moon bounce business and opened up a flower shop. Growing up I had a cousin who was basically like my brother. Our mothers are sisters and at a young age they moved to California but we stayed very close. My uncles used to instigate fights between us and even often had us box each other. I spent several summers in California with my cousin and his family. I was a "mischievous" kid and wasn't sure what I career I would pursue. (had some kids I ran with or looked up that were not the best influence) I actually enjoyed fighting. I wasn't crazy about school by any means. I was in high school and it was my senior year I decided I wanted to be a police officer. I took a law enforcement class and my teacher Mr Robollo became someone else who served as an influence. Mr Robollo provided all types of information on LEO's, he was a retired officer himself. I wa