Ray Lozano

Since 1986, Ray Lozano has educated and entertained hundreds of thousands of elementary and high school students from Alaska to Florida and internationally in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda in drug prevention. The fact that he has been asked to return to many of the same schools nationwide, some for as long as 30 plus years, speaks to Lozano's ability to keep his information updated, fresh, and relevant. Lozano has a talent and gift for conveying what could be construed as boring drug and alcohol prevention information in such a fun and humorous way that his audiences come away informed and entertained. The best analogy would be giving your kids medicine in a spoonful of sugar.

There's a good reason that Lozano's audiences feel like they just came back from the Improv rather than from a "lecture." Lozano has performed stand-up comedy at the Improv in Hollywood and Ontario, CA. His background in comedy keeps his audiences coming back time and time again.

Lozano's varied professional experience has equipped him to become the unique speaker he is today. His career started out at the Teen Challenge Ministry Institute, where he saw firsthand the ravages of drug use in young adults. Having not used drugs or alcohol, this was an eye-opening experience to see firsthand the deleterious effects that drugs have on a young person. He saw how drugs stripped away a person's chance for an extraordinary life. From working with people fighting their way back from addiction, he realized he wanted to work with kids before they got involved in drugs and alcohol, which led him to work in prevention.

As a vice principal for a private elementary school, he launched an after-school program that promoted a family-orientated, drug-free philosophy. This experience gave him an understanding from an educator's perspective that schools are looking for the best for their students.

Lozano was the program specialist for an extremely successful youth prevention program at an internationally recognized, level-one trauma hospital in Southern California. The youth program provides drug and alcohol education for youth ages 14-18. Through the program, Lozano increased the adolescent's knowledge of the effects of drugs and alcohol on the body, the addictive process, the consequences of risky behaviors, alternative choices, and the ability to make positive life decisions. Subsequently, Lozano was recognized for his expertise and invited to present his unique approach at a TEDx event in Southern California.

Lozano holds a current certification as a Prevention Specialist by the state of California as a drug and alcohol counselor.