I won the city scoring championship as a senior.
I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.
My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens.
I grew up in the heart of the Depression.
French was my first language.