Manuel “Manny” Pelaez ’97 discovered both his vocation and his avocation at Trinity. He began as a pre-med student, but his mentoring relationship with business law professor Clayton Trotter led him to change his focus to pre-law. “Professor Trotter is one of the few remaining gentleman lawyers,” he says. “Think Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.” Manny is also a stand-up comedian, a talent he developed at Trinity as a member of The Crystal Lemmings improv troupe. Today he is senior counsel for Toyota—the  youngest person ever to hold that position at the company—and continues to perform regularly at local comedy clubs.
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