User:Rafael M Lopes/sandbox

Rafael M. Lopes is a product innovator and marketer born raised in North East Los Angeles. Hew was the first of his family to attend college, graduating from California State University in xxx and later completing an MBA at Loyola Marymount University. He is a Vice President and Sr. Product Manager of International Products and Digital Channels at City National Bank, in Los Angeles.

Early life and education

Lopes was born in South Los Angeles and raised in the Montecito Heights neighborhood of North East LA. He is the son of Mexican and Portuguese immigrants, but was brought up by his single mother.

He attended Cathedral High Preparatory High School near Chinatown, where he was involved in student government, community service organizations and several theatrical productions. During his junior and senior years, he was selected to participate in the Biomedical Sciences Program held at California State University Los Angeles and funded by xxx for gifted students. There he thrived and won top honors in the program's annual science fair competition for his nutrition and UV light research.

He went on to attend Loyola Marymount University which he xxxx. During his time at LMU, Lopes was involved in many student groups, including the Hispanic Undergraduate Business Association, ASSU student government, and Pi Kappa Epsilon, a professional business fraternity. He also took time off from school to work in the political field; he served as a XXX as well as thexxxx

He graduated from LMU with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Economics in 2001.

Career

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After the xxx campaign (which ended in xxx), Lopes was appointed to thexxx as xxx. There, he did x

In xxx 2010 Lopes went on to work as a Consultant in the Los Angeles office of Toyota. He left Toyota in May 2005 to accept his current position of Vice President at City National Bank, the largest bank headquartered in Southern Cali based in Pasadena.[11]

Non-profit work

Rafael Lopes has been involved in many charitable and non-profit projects. While in school at LMU and XXX he was the xxx for xxx. From x – x he served as a xxx at the Latino Business Association, Tuesdays Child, etc. He most recently served as president and founding board member of the Product Development and Management Association (www.pdma.org) Los Angeles Chapter. In xxx he became the xxx, a position he still retains.[12] In xxx he volunteered as a xxxwith the xxx

In 2011 Lopes founded xxx, a xxx series featuring xxx.[13] He currently serves as xxx and xxxx of the xxx Foundation.

Lopes announced his xxx.[1] He cites a “xxx” as well as a desire to “ixxx” and to ”represent those voices asking for integrity, hard work, and fair representation of all Angelenos” as some of his reasons for wanting to serve.[16]

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Personal

Lopes resides with his family in Los Angeles. [edit]