President and CEO of two real estate and mortgage loan corporations between 2001-09.
Is 54.03% Northern European, 27.41% Zapotec Indian and 17.37% Mozabite (Berber Tribes in Algeria) according to a DNA test in 2011.
2012 winner of the FRS Top Trekker Competition.
An accomplished adventure/obstacle course/mud run racer who has completed the 2012 Super Spartan Race, the 2012 1st Division/1st Marines Beach Challenge, the 2011 Spartan Sprint and the 2011 Columbia MuddyBuddy (a duathlon), among others.
Attended and completed the two-year professional Theatre Acting program at Los Angeles City College in 1986.
Graduated with a B.A. Degree in History, on the Dean's Honors List, from CSU, Sacramento in 1991.
Attended Lincoln Law School in Sacramento after graduating from CSU, Sacramento.
Has a tattoo of a Maya Vision Serpent around his upper left arm and a fire and skull sleeve tattoo on his right arm.
An accomplished Ultra-Marathon Runner who completed the Nanny Goat 24hr/100mi Trail Race, the Leona Divide 50 Mile Trail Run in 2012.