I am originally from Venezuela, a country located to the north of South America, country of a mixed culture, Venezuela is also known for its beautiful women, as it is my wife Mariana, with whom I have shared 19 fabulous years of my life, giving me the love and necessary support I ever need, to be able to fulfill all our goals as family. We have two daughters, one of them is Victoria Mercedes, she is a Jersey girl, she is 16 years old, she loves music and medicine TV shows. My other daughter is Elizabeth Carolina, she is a Californian Girl, she is only 4 years old and she loves to talk, play and do gymnastic at Platinum. In fact, my two daughters also received their Venezuelan heritage and they turn out to be beautiful inside and out.
Although Mariana and I met in Venezuela and had a beautiful life over there, as she was practicing as a doctor in dentistry and I was a recognized lawyer, we were forced to leave the country due to the installation of the socialist regime that was being established in Venezuela back in year 1999. Socialism left us without a homeland, but we were adopted by the United States, where we had the opportunity to start over in the State of Florida in 2003. When we arrived we did not have much, scarcely a money to survive, we did not know how to speak English, we did not know the American system or culture and as additional condiment to the immigrant’s soup, we had the responsibility to give security, education and stability to our daughter Victoria, who at that time of approximately 6 months.
My first job wasn’t that great, I started throwing newspapers for the Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel. My wife had a little more luck and her first job was in a dental office owned by Venezuelan and Colombian owners. At that time, we both focused on working, saving some money and educating Victoria. After a year of our arrival, I was finally able to complete the translation of my Real Estate book from English to Spanish, which gave me the opportunity to understand the language more. I took my Realtor exam for the Florida license 2 times in Spanish and guess what? (I failed) and when I got back home to tell my wife, it was very sad, but my face spoke for itself and we both known that if we did not improve, our goals would not be achieved. So, I decided to take the exam in English and guess what? … I finally became a Real Estate Agent and began to advise and grow a list of clients and sales. Now with my new income and my wife efforts, led us to achieve our goals of buying our house in Port St Lucie, Florida, where we lived for 6 years.
Then, when everything was fantastically good, we see a new development on television news informing the people that US was entering into an economic recession. The recession became to have a real meaning for us since nothing was sold in those times. But I already a few years before had the opportunity to completed a master's degree in Paralegal studies, which helped me work for several law firms in the foreclosure process and secondary market loan contracts, which is why I was hired in California by the Bank from America here in California, which hired me. However, I always continue studying, and after finishing my master's degree in Paralegal Studies, I began to study USA laws and obtained my Juris Doctor degree from Concord Law School in 2013, so my good friends called me Doctor-Doctor.
After all that and to make the story short, my wife and I managed to relocate in this beautiful city of Simi Valley about 8 years ago, here our beautiful Elizabeth was born, I was able to establish my Real Estate Broker license here in California (now I sell houses in Florida and California). This 2019 I created EH Worldwide Realty together with my business partner Miguel Herrera.
We are so grateful to the US for having us here. We still doing our best to improve our lives to be always a better family every day. Who knows what other things will happen to us, but I am sure that we will overcome them the same way we overcome all obstacles so far. God bless America! and keep this great country away from socialism, if someone does not know what socialism is, my family and I and millions of other Venezuelans are living proof of what it means.
