Carlos Ramirez-Rosa to be named new head of Chicago Park District

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Carlos Ramirez-Rosa to be named new head of Chicago Park District

When Carlos Ramírez-Rosa was 7 years old, his father enrolled him in boxing classes at Hamlin Park. “He had a dream of me becoming the next great Puerto Rican boxer,” Ramírez-Rosa said. “Unfortunately, it didn’t work out. I went to my first training session and cried all day.” Twenty-nine years after that traumatic experience, Carlos Ramírez-Rosa will be in the center of the administrative ring, running boxing and other recreational programs thr…