Marvin Nettles is a native and current resident of East Oakland. He is a recent graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where he received a bachelor's in political science with a minor in city & regional planning as a Regents’ & Chancellor’s scholar. Beginning in August, Nettles will pursue both a law degree and master's in city planning as part of a joint degree program between UC Hastings College of the Law and the Department of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. Prior to pursuing a college education, Nettles spent many years in the music and professional audio industry, working in positions such as producer, engineer, sound arts instructor and sound designer. Nettles enjoys cycling and photography in his free time. But his primary interest lies in developing solutions to the economic, racial and structural inequities, which continue to adversely affect low-income communities of color.