st. ignatius. i'm a very proud wildcat. i went to college at loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university college dublin. came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania. spent three years in philadelphia. came back, and ever since coming back to the bay area,

st. ignatius period. that's where the 30 days came from. >> he also was injured and had to -- and that was when he also came to search for god. so that time was very significant. i remember at the time, i became very depressed and thought this was terrible, because i'd lost everything that i thought was so important for my life, which was athletic talent. but it, of course, changed the whole direction of my life so i began to really search for god. >> and from that despair, you found more. >> so much more. it led to the priesthood which is the greatest gift. >> and how old were you then? >> i was 42. >> and what had you done before that? were you leading a prayer for life and all of that? >> yeah. i came out here 30 years ago. i went to the graduate union and then i started working in the church as a lay person. i did 13 years as a lay person in a church, teaching. >> volunteering and things. >> no, full time work. but this deepening of prayer kept happening all along. it was in 1985 that i first started

st. ignatius, like my fellow colleagues mentioned, there are students in the private and parochial school system that would also benefit from this program. i myself am one of those students. i am a first-generation immigrant. i live in the excelsior district and i had taken two buses two -- to and from school for the past three years, and i'm also on financial aid. although this will not benefit students like myself for this fiscal year, i would like to say thank you and express my gratitude for your support, in that i am in awe of the precedent we are setting. i would like to thank you. >> [reading names] >> good afternoon. i am with the commission of san francisco youth commission, and today, speaking to express my gratitude and sincere thanks to your esteemed board. i did go through the public school system here, and i was going up to the system, i did see a lot of the changes that were going on, especially with the budget cuts. i did want to express my sincere gratitude, especially in this case. i know that everybody is going through hard times, and i think it is a commendable act you

st. ignatius. i'm a very proud wildcat. i went to college at loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university college dublin. came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania. spent three years in philadelphia. came back, and ever since coming back to the bay area, professionally, i have been a corporate attorney down at palo alto. i left after about three years and became an investment banker here in san francisco at thomas was all partners. working the industry for about five and a half years. in the summer of 2009, joined a venture capital firm. i am happily married. my wife and i lived around laurel village in district 2. we have two small children. our goal is five and our boy is three. how parents and excited to be here on the board. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? and tell us about what motivated your interest in politics. >> choosing to live in san francisco was natural, given that i was born and raised here. when you ar