Local student named Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year, shares impact of club boxing program

Local student named Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year, shares impact of club boxing program

MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) - Carlos Mendoza is a high school senior from Mecca, and he has been going to the Boys and Girls Club of the Coachella Valley in his community for nearly 11 years. It's a place he said has changed his life. “When I was eight or seven years old, my mom brought me with my siblings [to the Boys and Girls Club] with a social worker, after CPS took us, trying to find stability for us," Mendoza said. Mendoza said before he came to…