Vida Divina, a global direct marketer of nutritional and healthy lifestyle products, announced today that Jose Luis Pastrana has obtained the rank of Double Diamond.
Unlike the ‘Field of Dreams’ from the film of the same name, the fields that Jose Pastrana labored in were usually places where dreams were broken, discarded and forgotten.
It takes people of remarkable strength, fortitude and vision to see past the miles of fruits and vegetables to the promised lands beyond. Jose Pastrana is one those remarkable people.
Jose lives in Fresno California with his wife, Norma, and their three children. They lead a very different life now from the one they endured not many years ago. One now full of hope, joy and prosperity, but it wasn’t always that way.
Like many, Jose immigrated from Mexico in hopes of finding the American Dream. What he found was very different. He recalls spending long, hard hours in the hot fields earning less than minimum wage. Even with Norma working packing almonds, they were still falling behind to the point of being evicted.
Jose Luis Pastrana tells us:
“Just a few years back, I remember having to work picking picking fruit to feed my family. They would pay us 25 cents per