SOME HIGHLIGHTS:
Independent Centrist Democrat Strict Constitutionalist, who believes in the Second and Tenth Amendments. Believer in the Madisonian Model and Jeffersonian Separation Of Church & State.
Louis Macias worked in the US Senate
Louis Macias was a legislative intern for Senator Ted Kennedy (The Watergate Summer) concentrating on the War Powers Act. Louis was personally selected by Ted Kennedy for that coveted position from over 700 applicants
Phi Beta Kappa Society member, Alpha Chapter, University of California, Berkeley
Honorable Discharge US Army, Vietnam Era Veteran
Graduate, UC Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts Degree, Honors Program, College of Letters & Science, Dual degree in Political Theory and Sociology, Graduation with Distinction.
Graduate Theological Union, UC Berkeley, Presbyterian USA Seminary, San Anselmo, California
Teaching Assistant, American and California History, UC Berkeley
Business person, small business consultant, for example, cross cultural trainer for the Chinese Yellow Pages (Los Angeles) training non-Chinese small businesses in how to sell to the Chinese community
Advertising, technology and art
Anti-war activist against the Vietnam War while a member of the activated Burbank National Guard. Helped to organize a court case that went all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States questioning the legitimacy of the war in Vietnam.
Former teacher, San Quentin Prison High School (inside the prison)
Past President, City of Berkeley Personnel Board. Led investigation into training practices by the City of Berkeley Police Department resulting in the reinstatement of 5 officers, all of whom went on to great success.
World traveler, visited almost 100 countries
Father/Brother/Uncle/and grateful Son
Born: Los Angeles, California, to mother, Consuelo Gerardo, who herself was born in Waco, Texas in 1915, and who was also the mother of:
13 children
39 grandchildren
43 great-grandchildren
Louis’ mother, Consuelo Gerardo, a high school Librarian, was elected President of the American Baptist Churches of the Pacific Southwest in 1986. She was the First Layperson, First Woman and First Hispanic ever elected to that position. She was also one of the founders of the Head Start Program in the San Fernando/Pacoima area of Los Angeles. In 2006, she was named the Los Angeles Baptist City Mission Society, Woman of the Year.
Louis Macias, is a nationally recognized college debater, and persuasive speaking champion
Writer/singer/artist
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