No One Makes It Alone is Andrew A. Valdez's first book. He is a judge at the Third District Juvenile Court in Salt Lake City, Utah. A native of Utah, Valdez is a graduate of the University of Utah College of Law. Prior to his appointment to the bench, in 1993, Valdez was a commissioned captain in the U.S. Army J.A.G. Corps, and a trial counsel with the Legal Defenders Association Felony and Homicide Division. He has served as chair of the statewide Youth Parole Authority, and has served on the Utah Sentencing Commission, Board of Trustees for Primary Children's Medical Center, Juvenile Justice Task Force, Board of Juvenile Court Judges, and the Judicial Council. He is currently a member of the National Youth Gang Center and was honored in 2003 with the Martin Luther King Civil Rights Award by the NAACP. In 2005, Judge Valdez was awarded the Footprinter's Association Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award, the Utah Children Child Advocate of the Year Award, and the Utah State Bar Judge of the Year Award. Andrew Valdez is committed to helping troubled young people and has developed a court-based mentoring program, partnering with community educational schools. His nonfiction book, No One Makes It Alone, is a true story based on his own life.

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