Philippine-born Junior immigrated at age 8 in 1981 with his family to San Francisco. The youngest of 4 children and said he grew up with a lot of support from his parents and siblings. He attended City College of San Francisco and then completed his Bachelor Degrees in Psychology and Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University.

Aside from jobs prior to completing college, most of his employment have been in Non-Profit and in Behavioral Health Services. He began working in Daly City in 2001 for Asian American Recovery Services as a Youth Counselor and Case Manager and today is the Program Director for the AARS San Mateo County Treatment and Prevention Services.

He has a strong affinity with ODASA, an Outpatient Treatment Program that targets Filipinos with substance use issues. The biggest challenges he has encountered in all his programs have been not about providing quality services but rather engaging marginalized and ethnic communities into services.

A husband and father to two, he is blessed to be surrounded with supportive people and his passion is to give back what he has received.

As Kumpare, he intends to create awareness and reduce stigma around Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence in the community.