Height: 5'11"

Weight: Never mind

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Undergrad: UCLA

Undergrad Major: Political Science/International Relations

Undergrad Minor: Philosophy

Postgrad: San Jose State University

Postgrad Degree: Master of Science in Accountancy

Favorite Job: Infantry Platoon Leader

Least Favorite Job: The one I just left

Favorite Colors: Green or Black

Favorite Cities: Bogota (Colombia), Medellin (Colombia),

                     Guanajuato (Mexico), Antigua (Guatemala), 

                     Montreal (Canada)

Favorite Country: Colombia

States Visited: 44

States Left to Visit: HI, AK, DE, KY, AR, WV

Countries Visited: 15

Car: 2004 Acura TL

Last speeding ticket: 2002

I graduated with a commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1997. I was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, where I attended the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Airborne School, and Ranger School. My first duty station was the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York (30 miles south of the Canadian border). While at the 10th, I deployed to Bosnia for a peacekeeping mission and then to the Jungle Operations Training Center in Panama. I also completed a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

I returned to Los Angeles and worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. I moved to San Jose and attended graduate school at San Jose State University, for a Masters of Science in Accountancy. After graduating, I spent three months learning Spanish in Guatemala and then backpacking through Central and South America. I returned to the U.S. and started working as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In the meantime, I continued to be an active member of the California National Guard. I transitioned from Infantry to Military Intelligence and attended several professional courses at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, the Army's Intelligence training center. I received mobilization orders at the end of 2004 for either Iraq or Afghanistan. My deployment date is January 15, 2005.