Admitted: 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School: Stanford University, J.D.
Member: State Bar of California; La Raza Lawyers of San Francisco; American Immigration Lawyers Association; Northern California AILA Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Liaison (2005).
Born: Hollister, California, February 5, 1958
Languages: Spanish and English