Community Involvement (Current and Past):
• Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2004 and 2008
• Commissioner, Community Development Advisory Commission
• Vice-Chair, Long Beach Homeless Services Advisory Commission
• Vice-President, Latin American Community Center
• Founding Chairman, Long Beach Unity Festival and Long Beach Unified School District
Unity Star Search
• Vice President, Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Vice-Chair of Policy and Legislation, Los Angeles Housing Advisory 
Committee/National Housing Commission of LULAC
• Member, Audit Committee, Los Angeles Mission
• Board Member, Long Beach Cares (foundation supporting Long Beach Public Health
Department)
• Board Member, Long Beach Fairfield YMCA
• Member, Long Beach City College Advisory Committee
• Founder and CEO, Sunfish Grill Restaurant
• Director, Allied Healthcare Federal Credit Union
• Regional Marketing Director, Excel Telecommunications
• Congressional Lobbyist, National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU)
• Member, 54th Assembly District Committee on Childhood Obesity
• Member, 54th Assembly District Nutrition Committee (Center for Public Health
Advocacy)
• Member, League of United Latin American Citizen (LULAC)
• Guest Lecturer, Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management, Trebas Institute and UCLA extension
• Producer and Creator, “Wish Upon a Song” Concert Series for Miller Children's Hospital
• Principal for a Day, Cabrillo High School and Franklin Middle School
• Partnership in Education Award, LBUSD
• Principal for a Day, Cabrillo High School
• Principal for a Day, Franklin Middle School
• Counselor, KSU Summer Communications Program, American Legion Boys State
and Boy Scout Camp Theodore Naish