About Anthony
Earned, Not Inherited
Everything I have, I built from the ground up. No family connections. No trust fund. No political machine. Just work, loss, and a refusal to shut up about what's broken.
I grew up in Foster City and I currently live in Belmont with my wife Anne, who is also a Marine Corps veteran, and our two boys.
My brother Andrew was killed in action in Ramadi, Iraq, back in 2004, when I was 18 and still in high school. I enlisted in the Marine Corps the next day. Two years later, I was in Iraq myself. I got shot in the back, survived two IED blasts, and lost close friends. I came home disabled, mentally broken, and cast aside by society.
I started at community college, went to UCSD, and then Harvard where I got my Master’s in Public Administration. I built veteran nonprofits, worked at the Pentagon doing financial oversight of major defense programs, and then spent years in the defense industry doing financial oversight for one of the biggest defense contractors in the country.
I found problems. Not small ones. Systemic problems with how the entire industry operates, how money flows, how accountability is structured to fail. I called them out on it. They fired me for it. That’s the reality of whistleblowing in America: you do the right thing, and the system punishes you for it.
My dad is a Vietnamese war refugee. My mom is Mexican-Native American. My son is autistic and the system is not built for families like ours. I’m not rich or politically connected. I’m pretty much just a dude in Belmont with a Harvard degree and a strong opinion that this district and all Americans deserve better.
I’m running for Congress because I’ve spent my entire adult life inside the systems that are failing people, and I’m done watching career politicians collect paychecks while pretending the problems are too complicated to fix. They’re not complicated. They’re profitable. And that’s why nobody in power is fixing them.
The Path
How I Got Here
2004
Gold Star Family
Anthony's brother Andrew was killed in action in Ramadi, Iraq. Anthony was 18 and still in high school. He enlisted in the Marine Corps the next day.
2004-2008
US Marine Corps Service
Stationed in Okinawa, Japan with Combat Assault Battalion and 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. Deployed to Iraq in the 2nd Battle of Ramadi. Gunshot wound, survived two IED blasts, and lost close friends. Came home disabled and struggling.
2008-2014
Education Against the Odds
Started at community college, transferred to UC San Diego, and graduated. Began rebuilding a life the system wasn't designed to support.
2015
Veteran Nonprofit Leadership
Co-founded and served as CIO of a veteran nonprofit, building systems to connect veterans with the resources and community they needed after service.
2017
Harvard Kennedy School
Earned a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard, studying government accountability, defense policy, and institutional reform.
2019-2021
Pentagon Analyst
Worked as a management and program analyst at the Department of Defense, providing financial oversight for major defense programs including the P-8A Poseidon and Air Force One.
2022-2025
Defense Oversight & Whistleblowing
Spent years doing financial oversight at one of the biggest defense contractors in the country. Found systemic problems with the entire industry and called them out. They fired him for it.
2025-Present
ProConcordia & Running for Congress
Founded ProConcordia, a civic technology startup. Filed to run for Congress in California's 15th District to fight for the representation San Mateo County deserves.
Why I’m Running
Government should serve people. Not corporations. Not billionaires. Not the politically connected.
CA-15 is one of the most educated, most diverse, most politically engaged districts in the country. It deserves someone who matches that energy, not someone who coasts on incumbency and name recognition while cashing checks from the same industries that are making life harder for everyone.
I believe healthcare is a right. I believe housing is a right. I believe that corporations and billionaires have too much power over our government and that the system is designed to keep it that way. I believe that the people who start wars should not profit from them. I believe that whistleblowers who expose fraud should be protected, not fired. And I believe that the people on the Peninsula are smart enough to see the difference between someone who fights for them and someone who plays the game.
I’m not taking corporate PAC money. I’m not taking money from super PACs. I’m not wealthy, I’m not politically connected, and I can’t fund this campaign myself. Every dollar comes from someone who believes this district deserves better. That is not a gimmick. That is a principle. And it is the only way I know how to do this with a clear conscience.
I got fired for telling the truth. I’m running for Congress because the truth still needs someone willing to say it out loud, even when the powerful people in the room would rather you didn’t.