Born February 14, 1970, married to Dunia Valenzuela with three children, Gabriel 10, Santiago 7 and Barbara 5.

He studied in Ateneo de Manila for his elementary education, and graduated in De la Salle for high school. He finished his B.A. in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Late 1993 he taught Philosophy in the then Center for Research and Communication, now the University of Asia and the Pacific and was under the tutelage of Fr. Joseph de Torre.

In 1995, he ran and was elected City Councilor of Olongapo. During his term, he focused on the poor, the youth and cooperatives. In 1999 he finished his post-graduate studies in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines and proceeded to study law in Saint Louis University, Baguio City, finishing his degree in 2005.

In the 2007 elections, among 27 local and national candidates, he was the lone winner of Ang Kapatiran Party, placing second among ten slots for the Olongapo City Council. This was achieved despite a decade absent from local politics.

Winnability is a criterion of the traditional politicians and their personality-based parties.

The objective of the Ang Kapatiran Party is different. The party wants to reform Philippine politics by participating in it in a morally-principled manner. They want to show the people that upright leaders can participate in politics and eventually win and make a difference. They have to start somewhere.

He is running on a platform of "radical" and "transformative" politics that would abolish the graft-ridden pork barrel system, do away with entrenched political dynasties, impose gun control, and "remove all forms of gambling."

"We are introducing prophetic politics, something that is radical and controversial and requires self-sacrifice, and for that to happen, we must do the opposite of what traditional politicians are doing."