Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Popular
Search every verified Jorge García interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jorge García, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Popular, presented a box turtle named Winston at a Fall Fest event in October 2025. During the presentation, García described the turtle as one of the facility's oldest animals, potentially around 45 years old. He explained characteristics of box turtles, noting that they are land dwellers without webbed feet, can be surprisingly fast, and have a shell that is vascularized living tissue. He also discussed how to distinguish male from female turtles by eye color and noted that turtles cannot leave their shells. In a separate appearance in October 2024, García delivered a sermon titled "El Camino a la Madurez" based on 1 Corinthians 13:11. He stated that spiritual maturity is not determined by physical age but by internal growth in thinking, speaking, and judging. García said that God measures maturity by responsibility and that immaturity can prevent believers from receiving divine blessings and inheritance. He emphasized the importance of leaving behind childish ways to access what God has prepared for believers.
“Winston has been with us for a very long time. He is probably one of our oldest animals... we're looking at potentially a 45-year-old turtle or something like that.”
“They can actually shut completely their shell... this area right here that I'm touching, it kind of folds like a little door or hinge or flap. Once they go in fully, they can literally shut it and nothing can get in.”
“These guys are land dwellers, so you're not going to see them in the pond... if it has webbing in between the fingers, then you're looking at an aquatic turtle. In the case of Winston... there's no webbing at all — just the claws.”
“Are turtles slow? ... They can be, but typically they're not. In fact, a lot of people are surprised to see box turtles... sometimes they can take off — they can be quite fast.”
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