She knew him before he was an “Idol”: Milwaukee’s Ana Celia Baez is the winner, along with five guests, of Wisconsin Vision’s “Meet Danny Gokey” contest, when Milwaukee’s “American Idol” finalist makes a Milwaukee visit next week.
“I had an opportunity to work with him when I was in high school,” said Baez, 24, who just received her Master’s in counseling psychology at UW-Madison. She worked with Gokey at Journey House.
“I saw, even back then, the influence he has on youth,” she told me in a phone conversation.
She’s not the traditional winner of a fan competition, noting that “his music is just the tool he’s using to reach out.”
But she is a fan, first learning to love his voice at Gokey’s church, Faith Builders International Ministries.
While Baez and her friends will have a private meeting with Gokey, the singer will meet with fans at Wisconsin Vision’s Elm Grove store, 12876 W. Bluemound Rd., from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on June 2.
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