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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CONGRATULATING DR. GENARO ROMO JR. ON HIS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROMO DENTAL AND LONG STANDING SERVICE
WHEREAS, Dr. Genaro Romo Jr. was born on October 22, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Romo, one of four children of immigrant parents, was raised in Chicago's Little Village community, a husband to Sandy Romo, and a father to four children, Alyssa, Nicholas, and Issac; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Romo is a graduate of Gary School, Bogan High School, University of Illinois Chicago, and the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Romo worked as an extern in the pediatrics department at the UIC College of Dentistry, and in 1999 he opened a small private practice on west Devon Avenue while still practicing in the Back of the Yards neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, in 2005, Dr. Romo purchased a dental office in Brighton Park from a retiring dentist and in 2009 he relocated and opened a state-of-the-art dental office next door, which is where he currently practices; and
WHEREAS, Romo Dental employs a total of 5 dentists, 1 orthodontist, 2 hygienists, and 12 office personnel and has over 12,000 active patients, who are primarily children and adults on Medicaid; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Romo an active community member has volunteered in numerous county wide health fairs, sponsored countless youth organizations including baseball, soccer, volleyball teams and the boy scouts, and frequently does oral health presentations at local schools; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Romo for Thanksgiving, annually donates turkeys to Columbia Explorers Academy to parent volunteers highlighting parent involvement, as well as patients, and during Christmas he chooses several patients to receive free dental care for the next several years, while for Mother's Day he provides free dental care for all mothers in need; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Romo is a commissioner for SSA 39 and recently gave a scholarship to a dental student for being active i...
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