On April 16th, 2022, Castañeda announced his campaign for Buena Park City Council, and if elected, would make him the first Latino, Native American (Mescalero Apache descent), and LGBTQ council member in Buena Park history at the age of 31. Jose later became a founding member of the Buena Park Democratic Club in 2019. We believe every voice matters, and our goal was to build a better Buena Park for generations to come.
We volunteered our time to provide greater transparency and accountability in our Buena Park City Council, as well as empower all Buena Park residents, by providing a platform for their voices to be heard and invoke their individual rights. In 2016, José Trinidad Castañeda became a founding member of a local community organization called Buena Park United to encourage the City of Buena Park to take a positive direction and facilitate the needs of its community and increase civic participation. Pius V Catholic Church for two decades.Īfter graduating from Troy High School with National Honors Distinctions, José Trinidad Castañeda became the first in his family to graduate from college, earning degrees in Biology from Fullerton College, and Anthropology from California State University, Los Angeles. Philip Benizi, and attended mass every Sunday at St. José was raised in the Catholic tradition, baptized at St. José spent every summer with his cousins in the Flower Tract. The Castañeda’s spent every significant holiday together at Boiserranc Park, including birthday parties, Easter, Fourth of July, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, etc. José’s family always sought programs, resources, and community that were attentive to families with children with special needs, like Buena Park Boys and Girls Club in the late 90s and throughout the 00s. Growing up, José Trinidad Castañeda attended the Buena Park Boys and Girls Club with his sister Amanda, who was born with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome). His father works to save lives at local hospitals and his mother works in the medical industry. Hospital in Anaheim, and grew up on the border of West Fullerton and East Buena Park. José Trinidad Castañeda was born at Martin Luther King Jr.
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