MY CARSON ROOTS:
- I am the only candidate that grew-up in Carson, and the only candidate that played baseball, basketball and football at our local parks and attended our local schools (Carson Street Elementary School, Stephen M. White Junior High School and Narbonne High School)
MY EDUCATION:
- Bachelor's Degree + University of Colorado (Studied abroad in Europe and Latin America)
- Master's Degree + University of Southern California (USC Merit Scholarship Recipient)
- Juris Doctorate Degree + University of California at Berkeley (Graduated with Honors)
MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- United States Congressional Fellow in Washington, D.C.
- Staff Assistant to Congressman Mervyn M. Dymally
- President of local agency that protects our groundwater + Water Replenishment District (WRD)
- Constitutional Attorney
- Professor at Rio Hondo Community College
- Board of Trustees Member of California Science Center
- Carson business owner
MY DEMOCRATIC RECORD:
- Lifelong Democrat who has always supported, endorsed and worked to elect Democrats to office
- Democratic Party previously endorsed candidacy numerous times for re-election to WRD
MY LABOR RECORD:
- Lifelong Labor supporter
- Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO previously endorsed candidacy numerous times for re-election to WRD
- In 2012, as President of WRD, he authored a historic PLA (Project Labor Agreement) with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building & Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO
MY CANDIDACY FOR CARSON CITY COUNCIL: (Partial List)
- Endorsed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mexican American Democratic Club
- Endorsed by Gardena Valley Democratic Club
- Endorsed by Senator Gil Cedillo, Assemblyman Isadore Hall III, School Board Member Blanca Rubio & Water Board Member Leticia Vasquez
- Endorsed by Carson Mayor Jim Dear & Councilman Elito Santarina and former Mayors Mike Mitoma & Vera Robles DeWitt
- Endorsed by Steamfitters Union, United Association Local 250,ILWU Local 13 and others
- Endorsed by Ray Cordova, Chairman of South County Labor Council
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