Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, District 30, 2014-present

Candidate, Florida State House of Representatives, District 30, 2020

City Commissioner, City of Longwood, 2009-2014

Mayor, City of Longwood, 2014

Deputy Mayor, City of Longwood, 2010

Former Member, Choice & Innovation Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Education Committee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance and Tax Committee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education & Workforce Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Post-Secondary Education Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, PreK-12 Innovation Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Seminole County Community Traffic Safety Team

Former Member, Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Ways & Means Committee, Florida State House of Representatives

Co-Founder, Cortrans, 2011-present

Founder & Owner, Cortes Towing Service, 1989-present

Member, Professional Wrecker Operators of Florida, 1990-present

Member, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), present

Member, Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, present

Member, South Seminole SERTOMA, present

Board Member/Regional Director, Professional Wrecker Operators of Florida, 2005

Awards:

Named one of the 25 most Influential Hispanics in Central Florida by the HCCMO 2013
Reelected to a second term with 59% of the votes to the Longwood City Commission
National Economic Policy Institute Graduate Northwestern University Chicago 2011
CO-Chair of Central Florida Redistricting Council 2011-2012
Florida League of Cities Urban Administration Committee member 2011
NALEO Redistricting Institute in Washington D.C. 2011
NALEO Newly Elected Institute Graduate 2010
Florida League of Cities Institute for Advanced Elected Municipal Officials Graduate 2010
Elected Deputy Mayor for the City of Longwood 2010
Florida League of Cities Institute for Elected Municipal Officials Graduate 2009
Member of Metroplan Orlando 2009
Elected City Commissioner for the City of Longwood with 61% of the votes in 2009
Citizens Police Academy Graduate October 2008
Recognized by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office for service to this department 2008
Outstanding Community Oriented Partnership Service Award by the City of Altamonte Springs October 2008
Inducted to the Order of Towmen, Baltimore, November 2007
Elected Longwood Plantation Homeowners Association President 2007
Presidents Award by the Professional Wreckers Operators of Florida April 2005
Business Award by the Maitland Police Department November 2004
Awarded Longwood's Business Person of the Month City of Longwood May 2003

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Classic Automobiles and restoration, cruising, golf

Names of Grandchildren:

Brayden, Logan, Jeremy

Number of Grandchildren:

3