22 san angelo lifestyles | hometownmedia.group F Written by SARA HOOK | Photos provided by NICHOLAS NAVARRO Creativity NICHOLAS NAVARRO SHARES JOY AND LOVE THROUGH LEGO ART. Heart For many, Legos are a symbol of childhood. They are toys to play with, structures to piece together, or possibly just hazards for the unsuspecting parent to step on. For Nicholas Navarro, however, Legos are more than that: they are a tool, a medium through which he spreads love and kindness throughout San Angelo. Throughout his life Navarro has worked to be different, to make his own story. He spent eight years serving in the United States Air Force—a branch he chose because no one else in his family had served there before. While in the Air Force he traveled to Afghanistan, Oman, and the Jordan river. “I [have] family in the military and everybody was either in the Army, Navy, or Marines,” Navarro said. “I always heard the stories of being in a submarine or being on the ship or being deployed and being in combat, but nobody ever had any Air Force stories, so I just wanted to do something different and get out and experience life.” from the
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