Among the outstanding employees we have here at La Costa Glen is our night time Supervisor of Environmental Services, David E. Ruiz. David has been an employee since December 2006. Prior to that, he worked in construction for 15 years and had his own video production business for five years.
All through the years he can only remember wanting to be a writer, creating plots and story situations that would fit into fictional novels or movies of some sort or another. Finally he decided that his life’s savings should be used to buy filmmaking equipment so that he could fulfill his dreams. His debut short film was a huge learning experience. After that, David made two psychological thrillers, “Proctor” and “Bad Guy One,” which were both previewed at our own Brentwood Theatre. Look for these movies to be shown again in the Brentwood Theatre in August.
He was a participant of the 2009 employee talent show and won first place with his parody video “Clean It,” which was about giving customer service outrageously. This video featured many employees and residents as well. It was the beginning of more short films for La Costa Glen. David, with the help of Kelly Rusthoven from the Health Center, has brought us “Super Survey Man” and “Rebel With A Scooter.”
He is so enthusiastic about his work here as he feels he has a chance to make a difference by serving our residents in every possible way and as a result he was named the 2008 Employee of the Year.
You may have seen him briskly walking all over the community with a big smile on his face. In his words, he likes to take things “one day at a time.”