I was going to write a post about the best Toronto eats for 2008 - but I came across something so much better!

In Mexico City, there's a real life super hero named, Super Barrio!

Super Barrio is a character dreamed up by a high school drop out. However, his work shows that you don't need a college degree for heart!

Super Barrio is a symbol of a social movement, where by he brings to light the collapse of political performance in the lives of the every day poor. He inspires people to believe that it is possible to win when faced with a corrupt system and he is a spokesperson for fair wages, working and living conditions for Latin Americans.

I assure you, Super Barrio is very very real. He came about in 1987 as a voice of Mexico City's Neighborhood Assembly, bringing to light the commercial expansion in the city center. This expansion was pushing residents to the city limits, those who remained by occupying vacant lots or requesting wage increases to afford the increased costs were either sent to jail or fired... Can we draw any parallels outside of Mexico?

I'll cut it short, but Super Barrio is a pretty special guy. He's still doing his thing challenging the system and being the coolest North American folk hero most people don't even know about.

He's there to remind us that we all have a little Super Barrio within us!