He left Las Vegas to take a gamble on his Life!

He was raised in #LasVegas but Banker Brendan Flores left town, in order to take a gamble on his own life! While most of his family members (parents an siblings) work in casinos on the Vegas strip – he left in order to pursue a career in banking at the young age of 17!

This #Filipinopride now holds a position as SVP and Consumer Banking Performance Manager at Bank of America; and is currently the first millennial and youngest-ever President and National Chairman of The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA).

In this So Inspiring segment, Brendan sat down with us to trace his journey, from humble beginnings to positions of power and influence. So Inspiring segments feature Filipinos who represent the community in American landscape, their stories of struggles to triumph over adversity and fight for inclusion — foreign-born and/or raised Filipinos doing amazing things!

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