Brad is originally from Riverside, California. He lived and studied in Oaxaca, Mexico and worked in Uruguay with the Peace Corps as an environmental planner and educator. He also lived and worked in Thailand as an educator. In Oregon, he has worked with low-income housing communities in Eugene/Springfield, a growth impact planning group in Hermiston, and the Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters based in Eugene. In Central Oregon, he was the executive director of the Latino Community Association for the past seventeen years and now teaches Spanish at Bend International School. Brad studied natural resource planning and Spanish at Humboldt State University and community and regional planning (MCRP) at the University of Oregon. Brad is the proud father of one son.