Website : Gabe Mendez’s passion for his work and commitment to helping his clients can be traced back to his own family’s trials. In 2007, when Gabe was 18 years old, his mother fell victim to predatory lending. His family lost their home and they were left to sleep in their uncle’s garage and grandmother’s spare bedroom.

“My mother is the first generation born here in the US, and her parents are from Mexico,” Gabe explains. “Her mother brought a...