EP16 - Marcos Flores - Senior Cheesehead

Welcome to Season One Episode Sixteen of the HECHO Corpus Christi Podcast, the podcast featuring Corpus Christi’s Creators Makers Doers and Builders. Marcos Flores is our guest on this episode. Marcos runs the family business, Gulf Coast Glass Company, but you probably know him as Senor Cheesehead. Marcos may be one of the most unique Green Bay Packers fans in the country as he blends his heritage with his fandom. To help celebrate and share his love for the Packers, he created a clothing and gear line under the Senor Cheesehead brand, and as you’ll hear in this episode, Marcos breaks a bit of news about his brands! Marcos and I met through the Rise School of Corpus Christi, where our sons are in the same preschool class. The Rise School is a full inclusion school where typically-developing kids like Marcos’s son and kids with Down syndrome like my son, or other developmental challenges, are included in the same classroom with highly trained teachers. Each set of kids learns and grows with and from the other. But Marcos’s heart for people with challenges extends beyond the Rise School. He is a major runner and runs 5Ks and 10Ks with the Wings of Texas and his buddy Charlie, who also happens to be a huge Packers fan. Marcus runs these races while pushing Charlie in a special racing wheelchair so that Charlie can feel the same thrill of competition and racing that those how are self-ambulatory feel.Marcos squeezes so much into each day, serving his family, managing Gulf Coast Glass Company, expanding Senior Cheesehead, running and training, and serving others. It’s going to be fun to hear his forthcoming podcast, so be sure to follow him on Instagram @senorcheesehead to get updates on when his show goes live! Be sure to also keep an eye out for when Marcos launches his clothing brand into its new name, but in the meantime, shop at seniorcheesehead.com. Please follow us on Instagram too @Hechocorpus. And if you’re listening to this episode between March 2, 2020 and March 23, 2020, please head over to thebendmag.com to nominate HECHO Corpus Christi for The Locals List 2020. Click on the header for the Locals List, go to Arts, Culture, and Entertainment, and scroll down to Podcasts. Click on Nominate beside HECHO Corpus Christi. And while you’re there, take a look at all of the other local podcasts and find some news ones to listen to! Thank you to our infrastructure partners the Sound Guys, Clint Tucker Homes, and Sawyer Audiology. Thank you for your nomination, and thank you for taking time to listen!