Izzy Ruiz

About Izzy Ruiz

Born in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Izzy Ruiz was born to act. He moved to the south Bronx at the age of 5, where he spent most of his life since. Izzy has experienced so much in life, that others would find unbearable or unrealistic. From seeing a man shot in the head when he was 6 years old to seeing a bus run over another child's head when he was 8 years old. He has experienced hundreds of other life and death situations during his life time, and plans on telling his story in the future in screen and stage plays.Izzy was born to Puerto Rican Parents who grounded him with good and positive moral values in the midst of a time when it seemed hell had come to earth. Izzy survived the south Bronx during the late 1960s through the 1980s, when New York City was at its worse. Slum lords were burning the Bronx down, gangs were common and drugs were as common as candy. His guardian angels included some of the most notorious gangs of that time, the Savage Nomads, the Savage Immortals, and the Savage Skulls; they also included some of New York City's Finest, the NYPD. You see Izzy's father owned bodegas, or grocery stores. At the bodegas both the good and bad congregated, and were befriended by his father. In return they made sure that Izzy was watched on the streets. In fact when he wanted to join one of these gangs, they, the gangs, prohibited him from even thinking about it. The police on the other hand made sure that he stayed straight, when they caught Izzy doing things he should not be doing, the police would take him directly to his father who served serious punishment. Many other stories will be told in the future. Izzy's story is a cross between "A Bronx Tale" and " Stand By Me".Izzy attended catholic school until the seventh grade and then the NYC public school system. When he graduated to high school he attended five different schools including his junior year in Puerto Rico. After that he went to Ithaca College for 4 semesters and then Baruch College for 2 semesters. While in Ithaca he majored in business administration, and he got his first taste of acting. He acted in two stage plays and one student film. After 3 years of college he was recruited to work at Hitachi America. There he discovered that business is not what he wanted to do for life. He then took various state and federal exams that included, the NYPD, New York State Troopers, FBI, and DEA. He passed all exams and was called. Being bilingual opened many doors for him, but it was also a negative for him because most agencies wanted him to leave New York City to other Spanish speaking areas. Izzy decided on the NYPD, because he was not leaving the city he loves. There is where he found what he believed was his real calling.Izzy became a police officer and did street time, or patrol, for 3 years. After that he became an undercover in the narcotics division. He was assigned to the Queens TNT unit. He was not welcomed there with open arms do to the fact that he was not what they expected. They were excited they were getting a Puerto Rican, but when he arrived they were disappointed because he was "white". They were expecting a person of color, and Izzy is as white as white can be,in skin color. They told him that after his 90 day probation he would be going back to patrol. They believed that he was not going to do well, considering the neighborhoods were black and Colombian. To cut to the chase Izzy proved them wrong. Not only was he able to buy drugs from anyone, he was ...

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