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James Garcia (right) and Julie Amparano chat with Andrew Valenzuela prior to the premier performance of a one-act play, “A Boy Named Cesar” at ASU’s West Campus.

James Garcia (right) and Julie Amparano chat with Andrew Valenzuela prior to the premier performance of a one-act play, “A Boy Named Cesar”. Valenzuela is one of the performers in the production. which focuses on a 10-year-old boy in Yuma, Ariz., who would grow up to become one of the nation’s great civil rights leaders. ASU faculty members James Garcia and Julie Amparano wrote this play about labor leader Cesar Chavez; the production is directed by Terry Earp.