He joined the School of Nursing faculty in 2012.He previously worked in Nursing Education and Staff Development, serving as unit-based clinical educator, clinical coordinator and nursing education specialist. Prior to nursing, he served as the director of the St. James Soup Kitchen and Emergency Assistance Program located in Midtown KC. He received the 2010 Nurse Educator of the Year Award from the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA) and the Sigma Theta Tau Delta Chapter Leadership and Academic Excellence Graduate Student Award in 2007. He is an active member of the American Nurses Association, Missouri Nurses Association, National League for Nurses and Sigma The Tau Delta Chapter. He received both his Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Kansas, and is currently in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.