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# Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Spotlight - Luis Alejo

By Pamela SmithDLA Aviation Public Affairs Office

                RICHMOND, Va.  –              
*National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed yearly from September 15 to October 15. It is a time to celebrate the achievements, histories, traditions, and cultural diversity of Hispanic Americans whose heritage is rooted in 20 Latin American countries and territories.*

*In observance of 2023’s Hispanic Heritage Month, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation will feature employees of Hispanic heritage to appear in spotlights.*

**Name:** Luis Alejo

**Job Title:** Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist

**Organization:** Material Management Division, DLA Aviation at Warner Robins

**Years of service:** 9 years

**Please describe your job in a sentence or two**.  I am the chief of a materiel support branch where we manage hazardous material, conduct backorder mitigation, and source material required for the maintenance, repair, or overhaul of all military weapons systems or related equipment.

**How do you support the warfighter? **I support the warfighter by making sure all of my employees have the necessary training and knowledge to perform their jobs. Knowing how you are supposed to support the warfighter is the first step in providing them impeccable customer service. 

**The theme for this Hispanic Heritage Month in 2023 is “Todos Somos, Somos Uno – We Are All, We Are One." In your words, briefly explain what this means to you? **What this means to me is the pride felt for Hispanic heritage is collectively shared by Hispanics from many different countries, but there is also pride that is individual for our own unique origins. For myself, I am very proud of my Mexican heritage and my indigenous Hispanic roots. Therefore, we are all and we are one! 

**Tell us something unique about your heritage or country of origin.**I am originally from Mexico and am very proud to say that I am 56% Indigenous American. My origins are from the northern edge of the Balsas River Basin in Tierra Caliente, also referred to as the Hot Land. I was born in Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico and the majority of my family are from the state of Guerrero, which means warrior.

**What is one thing you'd like others to know about your heritage? **My heritage is working hard, which is the ethic my father and mother instilled in me. I started working in agriculture in Florida and Michigan as a child, and from there I have steadily applied myself to succeed. Enduring that journey, it is a blessing to be working for and representing DLA.

**Why is it important to you that we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month?**Celebrating Hispanic Heritage and other cultures helps to educate people. It is easy to form mistaken opinions about people you don’t understand. So, if celebrating cultures can promote good feelings towards different types of people, then it has done its job. At the end of the day, we are all human beings wanting a good and meaningful life. 

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