Latino Tax Professionals Association was started by Carlos C. Lopez, CEO of Lopez Financial Group based in Salinas, California. Mr. Lopez has been in the tax and accounting business for over 27 years. Over the years, other Latino tax and business professionals have strongly urged him to help organize this growing and important group into an important community—one that can be heard and felt both within and without the Latino community. We can also become an important national organization that will affect taxation policy in the United States.