Dr. Garcia is a graduate of Loyola High School of Los Angeles and University of California, Los Angeles. He completed dental school at the University of California, San Francisco in 1984.
Some of Dr. Garcia's accomplishments include:
- UCSF School of Dentistry as an Assistant Clinical Professor
- Past President of the Hispanic Dental Association
- Member of the Hispanic Alliance
- President of North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Former Trustee of the California Dental Association; Secretary of the CDA
Foundation for three years
- Delegate to the American Dental Association; former member of
Committee on Career Guidance and Diversity
Activities
- Board member of the ADA Foundation
- Board member of Give Kids A Smile Program
- Board member of Delta Dental of California
- Board member of National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Initiative:
Pipeline, Profession and Practice: Community Based Dental Education
- Board member of Oral Health Access Council for the State of California since 2012
- Board member of Global Children’s Oral Health Task Force in
Washington, D.C.
- Past recipient of the U.C.L.A. Alumni Association Award
- Past recipient of the National Hispanic Medical Association
Meritorious Service Award
- Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy; American
College of Dentistry and International College of Dentistry.
In his free time, Dr. Garcia enjoys hunting, fishing and playing golf.