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handed out meals to underprivileged people three nights a week. As time passed by, his mother and sister, and some friends, joined him in this endeavor, and then he could start to offer food on a daily basis. Muñoz invests a large part of his salary to support his philanthropic activities, and sometimes receives donations from third parties.
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Muñoz himself acknowledges that his altruistic activities became of public knowledge after his story was published by the New York Times. Afterwards, the exposure of his philanthropic work allowed him to be one of the recipients of the CNN heroes tribute, as he classified in the Top 10 heroes of
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expatriates. He obtained second place in the elections thanks to 8.197 votes. Muñoz was once again running for
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obtaining legal residency in 1987, and later becoming a citizen, along with his mother and sister. Muñoz works as a school bus driver. Muñoz is a member of the
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in 2009 due to his philiantropic labour. On August 4, 2010, Muñoz was presented with the
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