Denzel Rodriguez has mastered the ice cream scoop. “The flick of the wrist is important,” said Mr. Rodriguez, 21, who goes by Zel. And once the ice cream is in the cup or cone, give it a tap with the scooper to make sure it’s a perfect circle.”This is his third summer practicing his technique, working May to September at the family-owned scoop shop Sugar Hill Creamery in Harlem. Mr. Rodriguez, whose parents immigrated to the United States from Honduras, grew up in public housing. “That’s taught me that life isn’t about your environment, and your environment doesn’t define who you are.

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Persons: Denzel Rodriguez, ”, Rodriguez, Zel, Michelle Williams, Hong, “, “ I’ve, “ That’s Locations: Harlem, Hong Chau, United States, Honduras