Born Mexico; admitted to bar 2006, California.
EDUCATION: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. 1998); Whittier Law School (J.D. 2006). Recipient of CALI Award in Corporations, 2005 and Corporate Tax Law, 2005. Admitted to Practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth District, and the United States District Court, Central District. Member of State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish; Conversant in Italian.