Richard Avila is a graduate of Los Angeles’ Garfield High School, East Los Angeles College, Occidental College and the U.C.L.A. School of Law. He served in the U.S. Army, Peace Corps, Industrial Areas Foundation, and ESGV Coalition for the Homeless.
He worked for the Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice, California State Public Defender, California State Attorney General, and as a community colleges adjunct professor of history and political science.
