User:JustAnotherAlly/Robert Garcia (California politician)

Biography:

Born in Lima, Peru, Robert Garcia immigrated to the United States at the age of 5. Robert Garcia studied at the University of Southern California, where he obtained a Masters degree in the year of 2005. He had also studied communications at California State University, Long Beach. Robert Garcia serves as the Long Beach mayor, located in Southern California. Besides being the mayor, Robert Garcia has remained active by participating in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Robert Garcia is also noted as being the first openly-gay and Latino mayor.

Career Objectives:

While serving as the 28th mayor of Long Beach, Robert Garcia has primarily focused on bettering the community. Many of the issues he has been focusing on includes: improving the safety of the community, bettering the economy of his city, amongst other things. One of the issues that Long Beach has faced is the increase of unemployment and poverty. Because unemployment and poverty have been many of the primary issues in Long Beach, it has also lead to an increase in homelessness. As mayor, Robert Garcia has worked hard to tackling these issues. One of the ways that Robert Garcia has handled these issues has been encouraging many of the members of the community to consider receiving high education, or even obtaining a high school diploma.