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As Alexa grew, his life as a gangster slipped further into the past.

“Being sober and being an active father, a protector to my princess, I’m so glad and blessed. Alexa Sky Lundes is 6 years old now and I enjoy every minute that I spend with her. It changed my whole life around. I didn’t have my dad around because of the bad choices that he made in his life, and I didn’t want that for my daughter.”

I recently visited Lundes, his wife, Mirna, and Alexa in their home in South Los Angeles.

In the early morning before school, he ironed Alexa’s school clothes on an L.A.

Alexa, Mario Lundes’ daughter, sits on his lap while they watch television with his family at his parents’ house .