Jon Fernandez
Employment and Training
Building Maintenance Instructor

First Job: Proofreader for an advertising company

Birthplace: Bellflower, California

Years at FCEOC: 2

Best advice ever received: Never underestimate the importance of keeping a balance in life. It can’t all be work and it can’t all be play. Don’t get too high or too low but seek the middle ground. Find a balance in all things and nothing the world throws at you can knock you off your pins.

Favorite advice I give: Believe in yourself, and all things are possible.

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Camarones al mojo de ajo with garlic soup at ‘The Smoke’ in Jamestown, CA.

Proudest moment: The birth of my first son, Jason.

Greatest personal accomplishment: Saved a friend from drowning in the McKinley canal.

Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Las Vegas (for the unique building architecture, wink wink nudge nudge).

Favorite weekend activity: Attending Fresno State Bulldog football games.

Last good movie I saw: Into The Wild.

Scariest experience: Almost seeing my friend drown.

If I had a million dollars I would… Pay off all my bills, pay off my house, give some to my kids and invest the remainder.

Favorite place to shop: Whole Foods.

Favorite childhood memory: Playing football with my all friends at Triangle Park in Long Beach.

Words that describe me best: Father, husband, brother, son.

I like to watch: College football.

In my spare time… I design websites.

If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is… The measure of a man cannot be judged by the size of his house or how much weight he can lift; rather it is the sacrifices he makes for the good of others, willingly and with grace, that