Jesús Omar Rivera Dávila (born January 16, 1962), better known as El Boricuazo, is a
Puerto Rican media personality, writer, tour guide, college instructor, and public speaker from
Bayamón.
Rivera is known for his appearances on Puerto Rican television and
radio
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, where he offers stories, facts, and trivia about Puerto Rico that are not well known to the general public.
Early life
Jesús Omar Rivera Dávila was born in 1962, in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...
to Aníbal Rivera and Blanca Dávila Rodríguez. Rivera has two brothers and a sister: José Aníbal, Néstor, and Blanquita, who were raised together in
Bayamón. At a young age, Rivera started collecting information and facts that were curious, interesting, and less known to Puerto Ricans. He created his own tables and statistics. He would later graduate from the
University of Puerto Rico
The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad de Puerto Rico;'' often shortened to UPR) is the main List of state and territorial universities in the United States, public university system in the Commonwealth (U.S. i ...
, majoring in psychology and tourism.
Career
At the age of 21, Rivera became a tour guide.
Upon turning 23, he became the Academic Director of the Department of Tourism and Air Lines of the
Benedict School in
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
. After this, Rivera directed and coordinated the programs of Tourism and Air Lines on the campuses of Bayamón and
Emory College,
Caguas
Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality in central eastern Puerto Rico. Located in the eponymous Caguas Valley between the Sierra de Cayey and Sierra de Luquillo of the Central Mountain Range, it is bordered by San Juan and Trujillo Alto to ...
. He further directed the Program of Tourist Guides and Operators of Excursions at the National Center of Touristic Studies in
Hato Rey
Hato Rey ( Spanish for ''king’s cattle farm''), often considered the central business district of Puerto Rico, is a highly urbanized financial, commercial, and residential district in San Juan, the capital municipality of the archipelago and ...
.
Rivera gives talks, training, seminars, courses, and conferences in Puerto Rico, the United States, Hispanic America, and Spain. He has appeared and participated in national TV programs including news and interview or talk shows on stations such as
WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV (channel 2) is a television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, serving as the U.S. territory's dual Telemundo and NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WKAQ-TV's studios are loc ...
,
WAPA-TV
WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the flagship and namesake station of Guaynabo-based WAPA Media Group.
WAPA-TV maintains studio facilities on Luis Vigoreaux Avenue ...
,
WIPR-TV
WIPR-TV (channel 6) is a non-commercial educational public television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, owned by the '' Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública'' (English: Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation). Most of t ...
,
WLII-TV, and
WPRM-FM. He used to have a weekly appearance on
Univisión Puerto Rico.
His first book, titled ''Boricuazo, Tu Orgullo Nacional'',
was
self-published
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in early 2008 as a collection of facts about the impact of Puerto Rico and its people on the world.
See also
*
List of Puerto Ricans
This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican citizens are included, as the governm ...
Notes
References
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1962 births
Living people
Puerto Rican educators
Puerto Rican radio personalities
Puerto Rican television hosts
Educators from San Juan, Puerto Rico