Pedro Hidalgo was born in Santiago de Cuba with a visual disability that rendered him legally blind. As a young child, he struggled through Catholic School and was able to do fairly well before he was removed into a slower-moving class so that he could keep up with the pace.
At age 10, he, along with his mother, migrated to New York City and the United States, seeking medical attention for his condition. After a medical evaluation, he was placed in a school for the blind, where he was able to grow, learn, and adapt to the new reality and was taught really to do well in his future.
Hidalgo graduated from the Institute in 1969 and went on to college. He attended Long Island University and graduated from Syracuse University in upstate New York, completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science and Latin American Studies.
In the ensuing years, he worked in social services in Syracuse, also in San Francisco, California, and New York City. Later on, he became an official Spanish and English court interpreter in the Manhattan Supreme Court Criminal Division of New York. After that, he also worked for the city and county of San Francisco for a good many years as an employment development counselor, where he was able to help many people in the acquisition of jobs and careers and the ability to build self-confidence.
Through the work that he has done, he has done his best to inspire others to have faith in themselves, to have the ability in their pursuits, and to gain confidence no matter what their obstacles and circumstances may be.
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Pedro Hidalgo was born in Santiago de Cuba with a visual disability that rendered him legally blind. As a young child, he struggled through Catholic School and was able to do fairly well before he was removed into a slower-moving class so that he could keep up with the pace.
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