He iwakālua makahiki i hala aku nei i ka wā e holo nui ana ka hana ʻino a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma Washington Heights, Ua loaʻa i kekahi kanaka ʻōpio ʻo Miguel kona inoa i kahi puʻuhonua ma ka Y. Clifford Alarcon, he kiai kiai, lawe ʻo Miguel ma lalo o kona ʻēheu, mālama pono iā ia a pili. ʻO kēia pule ʻo Cliff, ka mea e hookipa ana ia oe ma ka puka me ka minoaka, hoʻolauleʻa 25 makahiki ma Y. Mahalo mākou iā ia no ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻokoʻa i ko mākou kaiāulu.
Miguel, ua hele ka lakou mau keiki ponoi i ke kula hanau Y, ʻaʻole poina i ka hopena o Cliff iā ia. In 2015 Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hāʻawi hou ma o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka Clifford Alarcon's Fund, hāʻawi manuahi i nā lālā hale haʻuki i 10 nā ʻōpio loaʻa kālā haʻahaʻa e mālama iā lākou mai ke alanui a komo i nā papahana like ʻole. Ma ka hoʻolako ʻana i home a me kahi kumu aʻoaʻo iā Miguel i kēlā mau makahiki i hala, Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Cliff a me Y iā ia e hāʻawi i nā ʻōpio kūloko i kahi manawa i kahi ola maikaʻi.
