 He currently heads up the 20 Million Minds Foundation, seeking to drive down the rapidly growing cost of a college education by making electronic textbooks widely available.The grandson of farm laborers, Florez spent his early years in the Colonia outside of the city of Shafter, in Kern County.He graduated from Shafter High School, attended Bakersfield College, and earned his bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA, where he was student body president.