AJ is serving as a consulting minister at the Sepulveda UU Society, in North Hills, CA. For the last year he additionally served the UU Fellowship of Kern County. Prior to serving these to congregations, he served as the ministerial intern at Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena and UU Church of the Verdugo Hills in La Crescenta, as well as the executive director of the Progressive Interfaith Alliance.

AJ holds a Master of Divinity from Claremont School of Theology and a Bachelor of Art in Philosophy with a specialization in Comparative Religions from the University of California, Irvine.

AJ is a candidate for ministry currently seeking fellowship as Unitarian Universalist minister.