For about a week, Angel Huerta’s family was curious why he kept coming home late at night with paint all over his face and clothes.
Where had he been? They had taught their son to be self-reliant, especially considering his father left Mexico for the U.S. at age 17 not knowing the language. But this seemed a little unusual.
So, he invited them for a car ride. They stopped at a building that the then-24-year-old Huerta was remodeling on the southeast side of Houston.