#Live4Raymond As a child I always strived to be a positive contribution to society. Despite being born and raised in south central where the odds of being successful are rare. I was an honors student in grade school and through college. I attended CAL-STATE LA where I studied Civil Engineering. I became a student Engineer juggling a work-life balance to be able to pay for my studies and not add another burden to my parents. My dream of becoming an engineer was more so to make my immigrant parents proud in hopes that I could someday own a construction company to provide well-paid jobs to those seeking the American dream. My biggest passion was cooking as a kid I always dreamed of being a culinary chef but my parent’s dreams came before mines. so I would still follow my passion by cooking for fun and for my family. One day I decided that I wanted the rest of the world to try my delicious creations so in my spare time I launched a small business named “Let’s do Breakfast” which operated on my off days weekends and we would get preorders and sold out time after time. I was so motivated to one day open up a restaurant to the point that I came up with my logo… a cartoon version of me. I enjoyed traveling so much and tasting foods from all the places I was given the opportunity to visit alongside of my high school sweetheart of 11 years Maria. Maria was my first and only love, the love of my life. For our tenth anniversary, I proposed to her in the most romantic way possible with the help of my family. We bought our first home and became fur parents. our wedding was scheduled for our 12th anniversary on 12/16/23 . 2023 was going to be the year we pursued our dream of parenthood, and that was our last goal on the list but unfortunately a reckless driver robbed me from my dream of being a husband and dad. My story must be heard because no one should be stripped away from their accomplishments. I had so many people depending on me like my parents, sisters, only brother which is autistic, my niece and 2 nephews that needed a role model like myself to guide them through life. As life can be challenging and full of bad influences. I am saddened that I lived life by the book with principles and morals consider myself a fair person that always stood by what was right but was stripped from all of my hard work and sacrifices by someone who was careless, self-centered, and had no regard to human life.