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He later returned to school and completed his required studies and graduated from high school.
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Francisco Tollinchi
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Rojas Tollinchi (birth name: Francisco Antonio Rojas Tollinchi) was one of five siblings born to Pedro Rojas Perez and Flora Maria Tollinchi Battistini in the barrio Algarrobos in Yauco, Puerto Rico. He had to abandon his secondary education at the age of 16, to help his family during his family"s financial crisis. Rojas Tollinchi worked in various jobs before working for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (American Automobile Association), a government agency which controls all the water storage and distribution functions in Puerto Rico.
He was the President of the Ponce chapter of the Union of Employees of the American Automobile Association and Vice-president of the general Union in the island.
Rojas Tollinchi was general manager of the newspaper Louisiana Nueva Reforma (The New Reform). He was also a civic leader and belonged to the League for Struggle for Negro Rights (LSNR).
In 1957, he attended the First Congress of Puerto Rican son He was also a collaborator in the publication of the Historical Alum of Yauco.
Rojas Tollinchi moved to Ponce in 1959, and lived there until his death in 1965.
His hometown, Yauco, honored his memory by naming a street after him.
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